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DO’s and DON’Ts For College Employees
The Don’ts - Cuesta College employees may NOT:
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Distribute campaign literature through the SLOCCCCD/Cuesta College internal mail system. |
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Place campaign literature on employee bulletin boards, on the college’s web page, or elsewhere on SLOCCCD premises. |
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Make public appearances speaking in favor of or against the ballot measure during compensated work hours. |
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Make telephone calls about the campaign during compensated work hours. |
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Walk precincts, draft campaign ads, or perform other campaign tasks during compensated work hours, or assign subordinates to do the same. |
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Add a link from the College website to a campaign website. |
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Send or receive campaign-related emails on college computers. |
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Urge other college employees to vote for the measure during compensated work hours. |
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Use college copy machines, telephones, fax machines, computers, stationery, etc., for campaign purposes. |
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Urge employees to vote against the bond measure during compensated hours. |
The Do’s - College employees MAY:
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Work on the campaign during their personal time, including lunch hours, coffee breaks, vacations, etc. (but keep careful record of such use of times) |
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Make a campaign contribution to a ballot measure campaign committee using personal funds, attend a campaign fundraiser during personal time, and/or raise funds during personal time. |
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Make public appearances during personal time advocating the ballot measure. |
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Have the Board of Trustees adopt a resolution that officially endorses the ballot measure and confirms the prohibition on using government funds for political purposes at a public meeting. |
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Serve on a campaign committee during personal time. |
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Make telephone calls on behalf of campaign on personal time. |
There are two simple, but very important rules College employees should follow if they want to get involved in campaign activities in support of the ballot measure:
1. DON’T USE PUBLIC FUNDS
All contribution to the ballot measure of your time and resources must be made with non-public funds. This means no public facilities or equipment (phones, computers, email accounts, vehicles, copy machines or any other equipment) may be used to plan or promote ballot measure activities, including fundraising. No public funds may be used in support of your campaign activities.
2. CAMPAIGN ON YOUR OWN TIME
Keep good records. Track your time and your use of private equipment used in ballot measure activities, so you are able to document that no public funds were used.
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