A State or local officer or employee may not—
    
    
        
        (a) 
         Use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for office; or
     
    
        
        (b) 
         Directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or advise a State or local officer or employee to pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to a political party, committee, organization, agency, or person for a political purpose.
     
    
        
        (c) 
         Be a candidate for elective public office in a partisan election.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [40 FR 42733, Sept. 16, 1975]