Common use of POLITICAL RIGHTS Clause in Contracts

POLITICAL RIGHTS. No city employee shall be an officer of a political party or hold public office. No employee shall seek or accept election, nomination or appointment as an officer of a political club, organization, or serve as a member of a committee of such club or organization, or take an active part in, or make a monetary contribution to any municipal political campaign, or seek signatures to any petition provided for by any law, or act as a worker at the polls, or distribute badges or literature of any kind favoring or opposing any municipal issue or candidate for election or for nomination to a municipal public office. This shall not be construed to prevent any city employee from providing factual information pertaining to any municipal ballot question. No employee shall wear a campaign button or display other evidence of support of a political candidate or issue while on duty. Nothing contained in this section shall affect the right to any city employee to hold membership in and support a political party, to vote as he chooses, to express privately his opinions on all political subjects and candidates, to maintain neutrality, and to attend political meetings. City employees shall not be appointed or retained on a basis of their political activity. City employees shall not be coerced to take part in political campaigns, to solicit votes, to levy, contribute or solicit funds or support, for the purpose of supporting or opposing the appointment or election of candidates for any municipal office. Employees are expected to exercise their right to vote in municipal elections, but shall not engage in, or participate in any other way in municipal elections.