It is unlawful for any public officer or employee, directly or indirectly, to deprive, attempt to deprive, or threaten to deprive any person of employment, position, work, compensation, contracts, loans, grants, appropriations or benefits provided principally from public funds for any political activity, support or opposition to any candidate, party or measure in any election.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-205
Deprivation, attempts to deprive, or threats to deprive persons of benefits
Known as the Election Code
The act spans §§ 2-10-102 to 2-9-118 (475 sections).
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1940.
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.