Is there anything wrong with the Sheriff being county Chairman of a political party?

underpants

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Sun Oct-26-08 12:17 PM
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Is there anything wrong with the Sheriff being county Chairman of a political party?

"I think we're concerned -- I don't think we've lost yet," says Henrico County Sheriff Mike Wade, chairman of the Henrico Republican Party. "But it's not going to be as easy as it was in past years.

Read more lunch counter talk from old white guys here :eyes:
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-10-26-0133.html

http://www.co.henrico.va.us/sheriff/sheriffbio.html

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VeraAgnes

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Sun Oct-26-08 12:20 PM
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1. No............

he is a republican who also holds a political/public service position. The county chairman positions don't typically pay much either.

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Historic NY

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Sun Oct-26-08 12:22 PM
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2. Yeah he probably is in violation of the "Hatch Act".....

Edited on Sun Oct-26-08 12:24 PM by Historic NY

most of the time.

Prohibited Activities

Covered state and local employees may not-
be candidates for public office in a partisan election

use official authority or influence to interfere with or affect the results of an election or nomination

directly or indirectly coerce contributions from subordinates in support of a political party or candidate

http://www.osc.gov/ha_state.htm

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