1:17-1. Persons Prohibited
The following persons in or serving the judicial branch of government shall not hold any elective public office nor be a candidate therefor, nor engage in partisan political activity:
(a) Judges;
(b) The Administrative Director of the Courts, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, the Clerk of the Superior Court, the Administrator of the Tax Court, and all employees of their respective offices, and official court reporters;
(c) Probation officers and all employees of county probation divisions;
(d) Clerks to grand juries, assistants to clerks of grand juries, and all employees regularly assigned to attend or serve grand or petit juries;
(e) Law secretaries, administrative assistants to judges, stenographers, sergeants-at-arms, assignment clerks, courtroom clerks, court attendants, court aides, court interpreters, sound recording operators, and all public employees regularly assigned to a judge or court, except those employees of county sheriffs who provide only security services;
(f) Surrogates, except such political activity as is permitted under the Code of Conduct for Judiciary Employees, included as an Appendix to Part I of these Rules. A person elected to the office of Surrogate shall, prior to taking the oath of office, resign from any other public office, position or employment, elected or appointed, held by such person;
(g) Deputy surrogates and all persons employed by or regularly assigned to a surrogate's office;
(h) Directors, administrators, deputy administrators, violations clerks, and all persons employed by or regularly assigned to a municipal court.
