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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 596. Polling armed forces
Whoever, within or without the Armed Forces of the United States,
polls any member of such forces, either within or without the
United States, either before or after he executes any ballot under
any Federal or State law, with reference to his choice of or his
vote for any candidate, or states, publishes, or releases any
result of any purported poll taken from or among the members of the
Armed Forces of the United States or including within it the
statement of choice for such candidate or of such votes cast by any
member of the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
The word "poll" means any request for information, verbal or
written, which by its language or form of expression requires or
implies the necessity of an answer, where the request is made with
the intent of compiling the result of the answers obtained, either
for the personal use of the person making the request, or for the
purpose of reporting the same to any other person, persons,
political party, unincorporated association or corporation, or for
the purpose of publishing the same orally, by radio, or in written
or printed form.
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