Neither i nor ii above apply to political (elected) officials. They are absolutely covered by the Hatch Act. If an elected official were to direct one of the exempted classes to perform a political act, the act of directing them would be a crime.
>Neither i nor ii above apply to political (elected) officials. They are absolutely covered by the Hatch Act.
From the linked article again:
>Its main provision prohibits civil service employees in the executive branch of the federal government,
Do "political (elected) officials" count as "civil service employees in the executive branch of the federal government"? My memory from civics class is a bit hazy, but I recall that elected officials are in the legislative branch, not the executive branch?
