Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-101 (2024)
Interfering with nominating meeting or election
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A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if such person:
- (1) Breaks up or attempts to break up any legally authorized political party nominating meeting or any election by force or violence;
- (2) Assaults or attempts to assault the persons conducting the meeting or the election officials;
- (3) Destroys or carries away or attempts to destroy or carry away a ballot box or voting machine; or
- (4) Uses force or violence in any other way to prevent the fair and lawful conduct of the nominating meeting or election.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1901; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1999, ch. 216, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2023 · leading case: Burson v. Freeman, 504 U.S. 191 (1992).
Burson v. Freeman, 504 U.S. 191 (1992). “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 2-19-101 and 2-19-115 (Supp.”
Freeman v. Burson, 802 S.W.2d 210 (Tenn. 1990). “Furthermore, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 2-19-101 [2] and 2-19-115 [3] adequately prohibit voter interference and intimidation.”
Ernest Falls v. Mark Goins (Dissent), No. M2020-01510-SC-R11-CV (Tenn. June 29, 2023). “Section 2-19-143(3) lists “Prohibited Practices,” including interfering with nominating meetings or elections (section 2-19-101), illegal -3- registration or voting (section 2-19-107), misrepresentations on campaign literature or sample ballots (section 2-19-116), bribing voters…”
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