§ 17-154 — Pernicious political activities

§ 17-154. Pernicious political activities. It shall be unlawful for\nany person to: 1. Intimidate, threaten or coerce, or to attempt to\nintimidate, threaten or coerce, any other person for the purpose of\ninterfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he\nmay choose, or for the purpose of causing such other person to vote for,\nor not to vote for, any candidate for the office of governor,\nlieutenant-governor, attorney-general, comptroller, judge of any court,\nmember of the senate, or member of the assembly at any election held\nsolely or in part for the purpose of selecting a governor,\nlieutenant-governor, attorney-general, comptroller, any judge or any\nmember of the senate or any member of the assembly; or,\n 2. Directly or indirectly, promise any employment, position, work,\ncompensation, or other benefit, provided for or made possible in whole\nor in part by any act of congress or of the legislature appropriating\nfunds for work relief or relief purposes, to any person as\nconsideration, favor or reward for any political activity or for the\nsupport of or opposition to any candidate or any political party in any\nnominating convention or in any election; or,\n 3. Deprive, attempt to deprive or threaten to deprive, by any means,\nany person of any employment, position, work, compensation or other\nbenefit provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any act of\ncongress or of the legislature appropriating funds for the work relief\nor relief purposes, on account of any political activity or on account\nof support for or opposition to any candidate or any political party in\nany nominating convention or election; or\n 4. Solicit or receive or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or\nreceiving any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political\npurpose whatever from any person known by him to be entitled to or\nreceiving compensation, employment or other benefit provided for or made\npossible by any act of congress or of the legislature appropriating, or\nauthorizing the appropriation of, funds for work relief or relief\npurposes; or\n 5. Furnish or to disclose, or to aid or assist in furnishing or\ndisclosing, any list or names of persons receiving compensation,\nemployment or benefits provided for or made possible by any act of\ncongress or of the legislature appropriating or authorizing the\nappropriation of, funds for work relief or relief purposes, to a\npolitical candidate, committee, campaign manager, or to any person for\ndelivery to a political candidate, committee or campaign manager, and it\nshall be unlawful for any person to receive any such list or names for\npolitical purposes.\n No part of any appropriation made by any act of congress or of the\nlegislature, heretofore or hereafter enacted, making appropriations for\nwork relief, relief, or otherwise to increase employment by providing\nloans and grants for public works projects, shall be used, and no\nauthority conferred by any such act upon any person shall be exercised\nor administered, for the purpose of interfering with, restraining or\ncoercing any individual in the exercise of his right to vote and to vote\nas he may choose at any election.\n Any person who violates any of the foregoing provisions of this\nsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n