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Minn. Stat. § 211B.07

UNDUE INFLUENCE ON VOTERS PROHIBITED.

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Derus v. Higgins (1996)

Most recently applied in Lewison v. Hutchinson (May 2019)

1988 c 578 art 3 s 7

A person may not directly or indirectly use or threaten force, coercion, violence, restraint, damage, harm, loss, including loss of employment or economic reprisal, undue influence, or temporal or spiritual injury against an individual to compel the individual to vote for or against a candidate or ballot question. Abduction, duress, or fraud may not be used to obstruct or prevent the free exercise of the right to vote of a voter at a primary or election, or compel a voter to vote at a primary or election. Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.

Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.