Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-101

Interfering with nominating meeting or election

Known as the Election Code

The act spans §§ 2–2 (475 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Burson v. Freeman (1992)

Most recently applied in Burson v. Freeman (May 1992)

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1901; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1999, ch. 216, § 1.

A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if such person:

(1) Breaks up or attempts to break up any legally authorized political party nominating meeting or any election by force or violence;

(2) Assaults or attempts to assault the persons conducting the meeting or the election officials;

(3) Destroys or carries away or attempts to destroy or carry away a ballot box or voting machine; or

(4) Uses force or violence in any other way to prevent the fair and lawful conduct of the nominating meeting or election.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.