CORRECT ANSWER:

NO, the use of state resources, including legislative staff, phones, and computers, for campaign or political purposes is strictly prohibited is CORRECT.

While the use of legislative staff and state resources, including use of your capitol phone and state-issued laptop, during regular business hours to arrange a town hall meeting is permissible if the meeting and phone calls are exclusively related to legislative business, because the meeting will also be used for campaign purposes the statutory prohibitions on the use of state equipment or services for campaign or political purposes prevent you from using those resources for such a purpose. Furthermore, senate and house policies prohibit legislative staff from engaging in election campaign activity relating to your election campaign.

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