Illinois § 12-21.7

§ 12-21.7.

Limitations on political activities. In any local governmental unit receiving State funds, each employee whose duties pertain to determination of eligibility for or the amount of public aid is prohibited from engaging in at any time, whether during or outside of regular working hours, any of the following activities: 1. Using or threatening to use the influence or authority of his position to coerce or to persuade any person to follow any course of political action. 2. Soliciting money from any person for any political purpose. 3. Selling or distributing tickets for political meetings. 4. Assisting at the polls in behalf of any party or party-designated candidate on any election day. 5. Initiating or circulating petitions on behalf of a candidate. 6. Distributing campaign literature or material in behalf of any candidate. Any employee who engages in the foregoing proscribed political activities shall be subject to immediate discharge in accordance with the procedures controlling his position. If an employee engages in such activities at the request or direction of any officer or officers of the local governmental unit, or if the governmental unit fails to initiate procedures for the dismissal of an employee who persists in such activities, the Illinois Department may withhold the payment of any further State funds to the local governmental unit until the governmental unit has established that its actions are in full accord with the objectives of this Section. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)