18 U.S.C. § 608

Absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters

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(a) Whoever knowingly deprives or attempts to deprive any person of a right under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.(b) Whoever knowingly gives false information for the purpose of establishing the eligibility of any person to register or vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, or pays or offers to pay, or accepts payment for registering or voting under such Act shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.(Added Pub. L. 99–410, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 929.)Editorial NotesReferences in Text

The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 99–410, Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 924, which was formerly classified principally to subchapter I–G (§ 1973ff et seq.) of chapter 20 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering in Title 52, Voting and Elections, and is now classified principally to chapter 203 (§ 20301 et seq.) of Title 52. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 608, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 723; Feb. 7, 1972, Pub. L. 92–225, title II, § 203, 86 Stat. 9; Oct. 15, 1974, Pub. L. 93–443, title I, § 101(a), (b), 88 Stat. 1263, 1266, set limitations on campaign contributions and expenditures, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–283, title II, § 201(a), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 496. See section 30116 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

Section applicable with respect to elections taking place after Dec. 31, 1987, see section 204 of Pub. L. 99–410, set out as a note under section 20301 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 55 cases, 1952–2015 · leading case: Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976).

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Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976). · cites it 31× “The $1,000 ceiling on spending "relative to a clearly identified candidate," 18 U. S. C. § 608 (e) (1) (1970 ed., Supp.”

Buckley v. Valeo, 519 F.2d 821 (D.C. Cir. 1975). · cites it 43× “18 U.S.C. § 608 (b)(1). This is because the law treats general, special, primary, and runoff elections as separate, distinct elections.”

Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Gov't PAC, 528 U.S. 377 (2000). · cites it 4× “18 U. S. C. §§ 608 (b)(1), (3) (1970 ed., Supp.”

Fed. Election Comm'n v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc., 551 U.S. 449 (2007). · cites it 2× “612 (quoting 18 U.S.C. § 608 (e)(1) (1970 ed., Supp. IV) (repealed 1976)).”

Colorado Repub. Fed. Campaign Comm. v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 518 U.S. 604 (1996). · cites it 4× “It consequently imposed limits upon the amounts that individuals, corporations, "political committees" (such as political action committees, or PAC's), and political parties could contribute to candidates for federal office, and it also imposed limits upon the amounts that…”

Martin v. Commonwealth, 96 S.W.3d 38 (Ky. 2003). · cites it 6× “ely drawn because it focused precisely on the problem to be solvedpotential corruption related to large campaign contributions but otherwise did not substantially affect opportunities to engage in independent political expression and association or undermine to any material…”

Fed. Election Comm'n v. Colorado Repub. Fed. Campaign Comm., 533 U.S. 431 (2001). · cites it 2× “See 18 U. S. C. § 608 (f) (1970 ed., Supp. IV); see also Buckley, 424 U.”

Washington State Repub. Party v. Pub. Disclosure Comm'n, 4 P.3d 808 (Wash. 2000). · cites it 3× “at 13 (quoting former 18 U.S.C. § 608 (e) (Supp. IV 1970)). Other provisions limited a candidate’s use of family and personal resources, as well as a candidate’s overall expenditures in campaigns.”

McCutcheon v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 134 S. Ct. 1434 (2014). “18 U.S.C. §§ 608 (b)(1), 608(b)(3) (1970 ed.”

Anh Cao v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 619 F.3d 410 (5th Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “In Buckley, the Supreme Court examined, inter alia, then- 18 U.S.C. § 608 (e)(1) which limited individuals’ ability to make independent expenditures.”

McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Comm'n, 514 U.S. 334 (1995). “) Again, in striking down the independent expenditure limitations of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 18 U. S. C. § 608 (e)(1) (1970 ed., Supp.”

United States v. James J. Curran, Jr., 20 F.3d 560 (3rd Cir. 1994). · cites it 2× “Thus, former 18 U.S.C. § 608 and §§ 610-617 became 2 U.”

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— 18 U.S.C. § 608(e)(1) — 1 case

Heritage Vill. Church & Missionary Fellowship, Inc. v. State, 253 S.E.2d 473 (N.C. Ct. App. 1979).

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