Interfering with Political Rights
Interfering with Political Rights: In some states, an employer may not interfere with an employee’s right to run for public office.
Definition
In some states, an employer may not interfere with an employee’s right to run for public office. The offense consists of “an employer making, adopting, enforcing or attempting to enforce any order, rule, regulation or policy forbidding or preventing any employee from becoming a candidate for public office or for a position on any public board or commission or making, adopting, enforcing or attempting to enforce a ny order, rule, or regulation controlling or attempting to control such employee's vote on a ny question at any public election, or in any public position or board or in any office to which such employee may be appointed or elected.” Wyo. Stat. §2-26-116.