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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1973i. Prohibited acts
(a) Failure or refusal to permit casting or tabulation of vote
No person acting under color of law shall fail or refuse to
permit any person to vote who is entitled to vote under any
provision of subchapters I-A to I-C of this chapter or is otherwise
qualified to vote, or willfully fail or refuse to tabulate, count,
and report such person's vote.
(b) Intimidation, threats, or coercion
No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall
intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate,
threaten, or coerce any person for voting or attempting to vote, or
intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate,
threaten, or coerce any person for urging or aiding any person to
vote or attempt to vote, or intimidate, threaten, or coerce any
person for exercising any powers or duties under section 1973a(a),
1973d, 1973f, 1973g, 1973h, or 1973j(e) of this title.
(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties
Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his
name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the
purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or
conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging
his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers
to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for
voting shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more
than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision
shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections
held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any
candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential
elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United
States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of
Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Falsification or concealment of material facts or giving of
false statements in matters within jurisdiction of examiners or
hearing officers; penalties
Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of an examiner or
hearing officer knowingly and willfully falsifies or conceals a
material fact, or makes any false, fictitious, or fraudulent
statements or representations, or makes or uses any false writing
or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or
fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined not more than $10,000
or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(e) Voting more than once
(1) Whoever votes more than once in an election referred to in
paragraph (2) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned
not more than five years, or both.
(2) The prohibition of this subsection applies with respect to
any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part
for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the
office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member
of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of
Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or
the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term "votes more than once"
does not include the casting of an additional ballot if all prior
ballots of that voter were invalidated, nor does it include the
voting in two jurisdictions under section 1973aa-1 of this title,
to the extent two ballots are not cast for an election to the same
candidacy or office.
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