16-1013. Coercion or intimidation of elector;
classification
A. It is unlawful for a person knowingly:
1. Directly or indirectly, to make use of force, violence or restraint, or to
inflict or threaten infliction, by himself or through any other person, of any injury,
damage, harm or loss, or in any manner to practice intimidation upon or against any
person, in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting for a
particular person or measure at any election provided by law, or on account of such
person having voted or refrained from voting at an election.
2. By abduction, duress or any forcible or fraudulent device or contrivance
whatever, to impede, prevent or otherwise interfere with the free exercise of the
elective franchise of any voter, or to compel, induce or to prevail upon a voter either
to cast or refrain from casting his vote at an election, or to cast or refrain from
casting his vote for any particular person or measure at an election.
B. A person, whether acting in his individual capacity or as an officer or agent of
a corporation, who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a class 1
misdemeanor.
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