According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Forest Service employees have been told that they are “not authorized to use administrative leave to vote or participate in voting-related activities” without exception, although a similar policy has not been announced at other parts of the Agriculture Department.
PEER also said the Interior Department has removed voting leave guidance from its website, and has not posted an updated policy.
PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse said these policies create an “agency-by-agency hodgepodge” that is inconsistent and difficult to understand.
