Prof. Painter Quoted in Charleston Daily Mail on Hatch Act

Professor Richard Painter was quoted in West Virginia's Charleston Daily Mail in an article on whether the Hatch Act would disqualify a state Agriculture Commission employee from running in a partisan election for state Agriculture Commissioner because the Commission received federal funds used under the official's supervision. Painter noted that as a policy matter, the Hatch Act should not bar the Commission employee from running for Commissioner in a partisan election, but that the statutory language probably did prohibit him from running.