Hatch Act Bill Amended to Let Local Government Employees Run for Office
The last Congress is known for doing very little, but a couple of
weeks ago it actually passed a bill that will have a serious effect on
local government ethics: the
Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 According to a press
release on the bill, it "removes the federal prohibition on
most state and local government employees who want to run for
partisan political office.