{"data":{"id":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-1975","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"17 V.S.A. § 1975","heading":"Interference with voters and election officials","body":"(a) No person shall intentionally or recklessly intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce:\n(1) any other person for the purpose of:\n(A) obstructing the right of the other person to vote or to vote as the other person may choose; or\n(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\n(2) a public servant, an election official, or a public employee for the purpose of obstructing the administration of an election.\n(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.","path":["Title 17: Elections","Chapter 035: Offenses Against the Purity of Elections","Subchapter 002: Penalties upon Voters"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/17/035/01975","current_through":"2026 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T10:50:26Z","sha256":"79e4f98a4ae319c065021d640173766993cd700363ead05534a12d62eebda679","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-1974","next":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-1976"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}