{"data":{"id":"us-de/15-del.-c.-5138","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"15 Del. C. § 5138","heading":"Violence, threat of violence, interference with electors; penalty; class G felony.","body":"(a) It is unlawful, on any day of election or early in-person voting or during the reading and counting of the votes cast to engage in any of the following with the intent to impede or interfere with the election:\n(1) The use of violence or threats of violence at or near a polling place, a Department of Elections office, a meeting of the board of canvass, or any other place where votes are cast, stored, read, or counted.\n(2) Hindering, controlling, coercing, or intimidating or attempting to hinder, control, coerce, or intimidate any qualified elector of this State from or in the exercise of the elector’s right to vote.\n(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section is a class G felony.","path":["Title 15. Elections","General Elections","CHAPTER 51. Criminal Offenses","Subchapter II. Particular Offenses"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title15/c051/sc02/index.html#5138","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:19Z","sha256":"5447b9af4d203ebd21d941b6f1a57b9e1b1ad120d8803d7caff711df1a46965d","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/15-del.-c.-5137","next":"us-de/15-del.-c.-5139"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}