NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-271 (2026)

Intimidation of voters by officers made misdemeanor

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It shall be unlawful for any person holding any office, position, or employment in the State government, or under and with any department, institution, bureau, board, commission, or other State agency, or under and with any county, city, town, district, or other political subdivision, directly or indirectly, to discharge, threaten to discharge, or cause to be discharged, or otherwise intimidate or oppress any other person in such employment on account of any vote such voter or any member of his family may cast, or consider or intend to cast, or not to cast, or which he may have failed to cast, or to seek or undertake to control any vote which any subordinate of such person may cast, or consider or intend to cast, or not to cast, by threat, intimidation, or declaration that the position, salary, or any part of the salary of such subordinate depends in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, upon the way in which subordinate or any member of his family casts, or considers or intends to cast, or not to cast his vote, at any primary or election. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1933, c. 165, s. 25; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1987, c. 565, s. 11; 1993, c. 539, s. 1109; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)

§ 163-272: Repealed by Session Laws 1971, c. 872, s. 3.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2018 · leading case: Cooper v. Berger, 809 S.E.2d 98 (N.C. 2018).

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Cooper v. Berger, 809 S.E.2d 98 (N.C. 2018). · cites it 6× “, N.C.G.S. § 163-271 (authorizing the Executive Director to take action in the event that certain emergencies affecting the holding of an election have occurred); N.”

Everett A. McCollum & Irvin Ray Crist v. Donald W. Stahl, in His Capacity as Sheriff of Mecklenburg Cnty. & Individually, 579 F.2d 869 (4th Cir. 1978). · cites it 2× “§ 1983 ; First and Fourteenth Amendments; N.C.G.S. § 163-271. Viewed most favorably for the plaintiffs, the evidence established these facts: During his term of office as Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, expiring the first Monday in December, 1974, Stahl had appointed McCollum and…”

Burns v. Brinkley, 933 F. Supp. 528 (E.D.N.C. 1996). · cites it 2× “The amended complaint further purports to set forth a cause of action under N.C.Gen.Stat. § 163-271, claims violations of various provisions of the North Carolina Constitution, and that his termination constituted a wrongful discharge contrary to public policy.”

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