Title 52 of the U.S. Code § 20511 - Criminal penalties

Full text of § 20511 from Title 52 of the United States Code.

§ 20511. Criminal penalties

A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office—

(1) knowingly and willfully intimidates, threatens, or coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any person for—

(A) registering to vote, or voting, or attempting to register or vote;

(B) urging or aiding any person to register to vote, to vote, or to attempt to register or vote; or

(2) knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by—

(A) the procurement or submission of voter registration applications that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held; or

(B) the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held,

shall be fined in accordance with title 18 (which fines shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury, miscellaneous receipts (pursuant to section 3302 of title 31), notwithstanding any other law), or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

(Pub. L. 103–31, §12, May 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 88.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 1973gg–10 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

CHAPTER 207—FEDERAL ELECTION RECORDS

Sec.

20701.

Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation.

20702.

Theft, destruction, concealment, mutilation, or alteration of records or papers; penalties.

20703.

Demand for records or papers by Attorney General or representative; statement of basis and purpose.

20704.

Disclosure of records or papers.

20705.

Jurisdiction to compel production of records or papers.

20706.

"Officer of election" defined.

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