17 V.S.A. § 1975: Interference with voters and election officials
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 17: Elections
- Chapter 035: Offenses Against the Purity of Elections
- Subchapter 002: Penalties upon Voters
(a) No person shall intentionally or recklessly intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce:
(1) any other person for the purpose of:
(A) obstructing the right of the other person to vote or to vote as the other person may choose; or
(B) causing the other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for public office or public question at any election; or
(2) a public servant, an election official, or a public employee for the purpose of obstructing the administration of an election.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both.
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