US EditionEx-SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley violated Hatch Act, watchdog finds
- County attorney Lyle Decant concluded that two GOP contenders for the Mesa County Sheriff position are disqualified from the race because their salaries are partially funded by federal sources.
- This interpretation follows the Hatch Act, which prohibits local employees with federally funded positions from running in partisan elections without resigning or taking leave.
- The candidates affected are Reicke Claussen, a sheriff investigator, and Rick Wagner, a deputy district attorney, both paid partly with federal funds from a $30,000 drug interdiction program.
- In a memo to Mesa County commissioners, Decant stated that any local official or worker primarily paid fully or partially with federal funds is prohibited from running for elected positions in elections involving political parties.
- To comply with the Hatch Act and run, the candidates would have to resign, take a leave of absence, or withdraw their candidacies, although the issue rarely arises due to limited federal funding.
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Colorado Springs GazetteHatch Act memo causes problems for two county sheriff candidates
Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: “The local officer or employee whose principal employment is … financed in whole or part by federal money cannot be a candidate for public elective office in a partisan election,” wrote county attorney Lyle Decant…
Ex-SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley violated Hatch Act, watchdog finds
Former Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Martin O’Malley violated the Hatch Act during an interview with a local news outlet in North Carolina last year, a U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) investigation found Friday. The office began the probe after a complaint was filed on Oct. 23, 2024, that alleged O’Malley, who at the…
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