A state employee may

1. (1) be a member of a national, state, or local political party;
2. (2) take part in a political campaign;
3. (3) express political opinions; however, while engaged on official business, a state employee may not display or distribute partisan political material;
4. (4) register party preference;
5. (5) serve as a voting or nonvoting delegate to a party convention;
6. (6) be appointed, nominated, or elected to nonpartisan public office in a local government unit; and
7. (7) make contributions to a political party or a candidate for public office.