Whoever, being such officer or member, prevents or attempts to
prevent by force, threat, intimidation, advice or otherwise any qualified
voter of any State from fully exercising the right of suffrage at any
general or special election; or
Whoever, being such officer or member, orders or compels or
attempts to compel any election officer in any State to receive a vote
from a person not legally qualified to vote; or
Whoever, being such officer or member, imposes or attempts to
impose any regulations for conducting any general or special election
in a State, different from those prescribed by law; or
Whoever, being such officer or member, interferes in any manner
with an election officer’s discharge of his duties–
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years,
or both; and disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit or
trust under the United States.
This section shall not prevent any officer or member of the Armed
Forces from exercising the right of suffrage in any district to which he
may belong, if otherwise qualified according to the laws of the State of
such district.
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§ 594. Intimidation of voters
Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate,
threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with
the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of
causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate
for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member
of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from
the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, at any election
held solely or in part for the purpose of electing such candidate, shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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