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[CITE: 42USC1973i]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 20--ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
 
              SUBCHAPTER I-A--ENFORCEMENT OF VOTING RIGHTS
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 89-110, title I, Sec. 11, Aug. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 443; 
renumbered title I, Pub. L. 91-285, Sec. 2, June 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 314; 
amended Pub. L. 91-405, title II, Sec. 204(e), Sept. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 
853; Pub. L. 94-73, title IV, Secs. 404, 409, Aug. 6, 1975, 89 Stat. 
404, 405.)


                               Amendments

    1975--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-73, Sec. 404, inserted reference to 
Guam and Virgin Islands.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 94-73, Sec. 409, added subsec. (e).
    1970--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-405 substituted reference to Delegate 
from District of Columbia for Delegates or Commissioners from 
territories or possessions.


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-405 effective Sept. 22, 1970, see section 
206(b) of Pub. L. 91-405, set out as an Effective Date note under 
section 25a of Title 2, The Congress.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1973j, 1973aa-1 of this 
title.
