Hi Brian, Following, highlighted in yellow, you will find our reference to our Precinct Election Official Leave Program in our personnel manual and our official adoption of the program in the attached resolution. Good luck! Michelle Michelle Noble Assistant County Administrator/HR Director Board of Clark County Commissioners 50 E. Columbia St., PO Box 2639 Springfield, OH 45501-2639 937.521.2008 SECTION 7-K: POLITICAL ACTIVITY a) The purpose of this policy is to provide Appointing Authorities and employees with guidelines concerning political activity. Employees in the classified service are prohibited by Section 124.57 of the Revised Code from engaging in political activity. (1) Classified service means all persons in the classified civil service of the County, whether in certified or provisional/probation status. Unless specifically exempted from the classified service in accordance with the Revised Code, an employee shall be considered to be in the classified service for purposes of this policy. (2) Political activity and politics refers to partisan activities, campaigns, and elections involving primaries, partisan ballots, or partisan candidates. b) The following are examples of permissible activities for employees in the classified service during non-working hours and not on or using county property: (1) Registration and voting; (2) Expression of political opinions, either oral or written; (3) Voluntary financial contributions to political candidates or organizations; (4) Circulation of nonpartisan petitions or petitions stating views on legislation; (5) Attendance at political rallies; (6) Signing nominating petitions in support of individuals; (7) Display of political materials in the employee's home or on the employee's property, so long as the political materials do not solicit any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or for any candidate for partisan public office; (8) Wearing political badges or buttons, or the display of political stickers on private vehicles, so long as the political badges, buttons, or stickers do not solicit any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or for any candidate for partisan public office; (9) Serving as a precinct election official under Section 3501.22 of the Revised Code. c) The following activities are prohibited to employees in the classified service: (1) Candidacy for public office in a partisan election; (2) Candidacy for public office in a nonpartisan general election if the nomination to candidacy was obtained in a partisan primary or through the circulation of nominating petitions identified with a political party; (3) Filing of petitions meeting statutory requirements for partisan candidacy to elective office; (4) Circulation of official nominating petitions for any candidate participating in a partisan election; (5) Service in an elected or appointed office in any partisan political organization; (6) Acceptance of a party-sponsored appointment to any office normally filled by partisan election; (7) Campaigning by writing for publications, by distributing political material, or by writing or making speeches on behalf of a candidate for partisan elective office, when such activities are directed toward party success; (8) Solicitation, either directly or indirectly, of any assessment, contribution or subscription, either monetary or in-kind, for any political party or political candidate; (9) Solicitation of the sale, or actual sale, of political party tickets; (10) Partisan activities at the election polls, such as solicitation of votes for other than nonpartisan candidates and nonpartisan issues; (11) Service as a witness or challenger for any party or partisan committee provided that employees may serve as a precinct election official as provided in Section 3501.22 of the Revised Code; (12) Participation in political caucuses of a partisan nature; (13) Participation in a political action committee which supports partisan activity; (14) Candidacy for any office which could create an ethics violation and/or determination that the two positions are incompatible. (15) Any of the activities listed in paragraphs (b)(1) to (b) (8) done during working hours or using county property. d) An employee in the classified service who engages in any of the activities listed in paragraphs (c)(1) to (c)(14) of this policy is subject to discharge. The Appointing Authority may initiate such removal action in accordance with the procedures in Section 124.34 of the Revised Code. e) Employees in the unclassified service, who serve at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority, are not prohibited from engaging in political activity unless specifically precluded by federal or state constitutional statutory provisions or prohibited by the Appointing Authority. f) Classified employees may serve as a precinct election official for a primary, special, or general election, and the employee may, with the prior approval of the Appointing Authority, use vacation leave, compensatory time off, unpaid leave, or Precinct Election Official Leave (if such leave is established by the Appointing Authority). g) Service in an appointed or elected position is prohibited when such position is subordinate to or in any way a check upon a position concurrently occupied by a classified or unclassified employee, or when it is physically impossible for one person to discharge the duties of both positions, or if some specific constitutional or statutory bar exists prohibiting a person from serving both positions. h) If any person holding public office or employment is convicted of violating the Revised Code provisions prohibiting abuse of political influence, such office or position shall thereby be rendered vacant. Authority: ORC 124.57, OAC 123:1-46-02, ORC 3517.092, ORC 3517.10, ORC 3501.28(G) From: CORSA-broadcast [mailto:corsa-broadcast-bounces@corsa.org] On Behalf Of Dunn, Brian Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 1:54 PM To: CORSA Broadcast Email (corsa-broadcast@corsa.org) Subject: [CORSA-broadcast] Paid Poll Worker Leave Do any counties have a paid Poll Worker Leave policy for their employees? If so, please share. Thank you. Brian Dunn Projects Coordinator Logan County Commissioners (937) 599-7280 office (937) 599-7268 fax [LoganCountyOhio_LOGO_4C_XS] This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain private, confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, employee or agent responsible for delivering this message, please contact the sender by reply e- mail and destroy all copies of the original e-mail message. 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