Political Organizing @ School

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• Distribute association newsletters containing articles of a political or legislative nature or other political materials hand-to-hand, or post such materials on association bulletin boards, during non-work hours,
• Ask members to sign up to volunteer time in support of candidate, initiative, or levy campaigns, provided you do so during off-duty times.
• Discuss and distribute political or legislative materials, including initiative petitions, at association meetings if they are held during off-duty times.
• Wear campaign buttons and display bumper stickers or signs in your cars. Those signs and buttons must be removed on election days only if your school is a polling place.
• Discuss candidates, levies, initiatives, or legislative issues during off-duty times.
• Call your legislator during off-duty hours, but only if you use your own personal cell phone.
• E-mail your legislator during off-duty hours, but only using your own personal computer and e-mail address.
• Discuss candidates, levies, initiatives, or legislative issues during off-duty times.
• Collect employee home e-mail addresses and send e-mails from home to other home-mail addresses regarding candidates, levies, bonds, or initiative campaigns or legislative information.

• Place candidate-related or WEA-PAC materials in a school mailbox.
• Use school e-mail for candidate-related or WEA-PAC communications.
• Use school phones or computers to call voters on behalf of a candidate, initiative, or levy campaign.
• Post political materials on your association bulletin board unless it is located in the faculty lounge.
• Use work time or computers to campaign on behalf of a candidate, initiative, or levy.
• Invite a candidate to speak to members during on-duty times.
• Use school mailboxes or school e-mail to distribute legislative information or information regarding levy, bond, or initiative campaigns. Political or legislative materials should be hand-delivered to members outside of work time.
• Use work computers, e-mail addresses or telephones to contact legislators. Instead, use home computers, personal e-mail addresses, and personal telephones to contact legislators.
• Use school facilities such as stationery, paper, postage, telephones, fax machines, copiers, or school vehicles while working on a political campaign. However, the school district must allow the use of its rooms for political meetings on the same terms and conditions as it does for non-political meetings.