OSC Approves Post-Election Displays of Partisan Material

An Office of Special Counsel advisory opinion approves the post-election display of partisan material:

Even though Senators McCain and Obama will still be Presidential candidates until January 6, 2009, we do not believe that wearing their campaign t-shirts or displaying their pictures after Election Day is activity directed at the success of their candidacies.  Accordingly, the Hatch Act does not prohibit a federal employee from doing so, even while on duty or in the federal workplace.

In his Washington Post Federal Diary column, Joe Davidson noted the apparent incongruity of the OSC''s opinion emphasis on the fact that the election is not over until January 6.