Tennessee Statutes
§ 2-19-115 — Violence and intimidation to prevent voting
Tennessee·Title 2
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.
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Related
State v. Burns
6 S.W.3d 453 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1999)
State of Tennessee Henry Circuit v. Brenda Anne Burns
(Tennessee Supreme Court, 1999)
Legislative History
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1915; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1999, ch. 216, § 4.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 2-1-101
Short title§ 2-1-102
Purpose§ 2-1-103
Scope of title§ 2-1-104
Title definitions§ 2-1-105
Voting eligibility§ 2-1-106
Absence from work allowed for voting§ 2-1-108
Filing of required documents§ 2-1-109
Copies of documents - Certification§ 2-1-113
Meetings of boards and commissions§ 2-1-114
Requisites for political parties§ 2-1-115
Computation of time