52 U.S.C. § 20511
Criminal penalties
United States · Title 52 — VOTING AND ELECTIONS · Status: effective
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- 52 U.S.C. § 20511, Criminal penalties, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/493348
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A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office—
knowingly and willfully intimidates, threatens, or coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any person for—
knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- National Voter Registration Act of 1993