A candidate for Craven County Board of Education announced Monday he's dropping out of the race after discovering that as a federal employee he is prohibited from running for political partisan office.
Michael Genovese, who had been running for the BOE seat in District 4, made the announcement on New Bern Live's Parent Talk morning show. Genovese said he is an employee of Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and as such he's bound by the Hatch Act which prohibits federal employees from participating in partisan political activity.
In the talk show interview, Genovese stated he is a current federal employee with Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. According to the Hatch Act, federal employees cannot participate in partisan political activity.
The Sun Journal reached out to Genovese for comment Monday afternoon.
Craven County Board of Election Executive Director Meloni Wray confirmed Genovese reached out to the board Monday to say he is dropping out.
The law’s purpose is to ensure federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation, according to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.
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