No employee of the state, a county, a municipality, a school district, or any other political subdivision of this state shall be deprived of his or her right to run as a candidate for an elective office or to express his or her opinion as a citizen on political subjects, unless as necessary to meet the requirements of federal law as pertains to employees.
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-1-207
Public employees
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Thompson v. Shock (2017)
Most recently applied in Thompson v. Shock (March 2017)
Acts 1997, No. 1214, § 1.
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