Postal Service employees may volunteer for a partisan candidate’s campaign while off duty without violating the Hatch Act. Here are examples of what you can do:

• Initiate or pass out nominating petitions
• Canvass votes for or against a candidate
• Endorse a candidate
• Attend and actively participate in political rallies and meetings
• Distribute literature
• Help manage a campaign

Exercising your freedom of speech rights in the political arena while off duty fosters the public’s trust in the Postal Service as an agency separate from partisan politics.

And that’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for more information about the Hatch Act.