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FDR: No interference with elections.—No person in the executive civil service shall use his official authority or influence…

On the recordMarch 4, 1941
No interference with elections.—No person in the executive civil service shall use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the results thereof.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 8705—Amending Certain Provisions of the Civil Service Rules

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