(55 ILCS 5/3-7013) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7013)
Sec. 3-7013.
Political activities.
No deputy sheriff in the County
Police Department and no employee in the County Department of Corrections
shall participate in any manner in the activities or interests of any
political party or of any candidate for public office or for the nomination
therefor, nor participate in any manner in any political campaign for the
nomination or election of candidates for public office. Violation of any
provision hereof shall be cause for removal of any deputy sheriff or
employee so offending. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
interfere with the right of any person to vote for any candidate and upon
any issue as his reason and conscience may dictate.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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