Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-115

Violence and intimidation to prevent voting

Known as the Election Code

The act spans §§ 2–2 (475 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Burns (1999)

Most recently applied in State v. Burns (November 1999)

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1915; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1999, ch. 216, § 4.

It is a Class A misdemeanor for any person, directly or indirectly, personally or through any other person:

(1) By force or threats to prevent or endeavor to prevent any elector from voting at any primary or final election;

(2) To make use of any violence, force or restraint, or to inflict or threaten the infliction of any injury, damage, harm or loss; or

(3) 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, to vote or refrain from voting for any particular person or measure, or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting in any such 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.