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2018 Mississippi Code
Title 97 - Crimes
Chapter 13 - Election Crimes
§ 97-13-37. Intimidating, boycotting, etc., elector to procure vote.
Universal Citation: MS Code § 97-13-37 (2018)
Whoever shall procure, or endeavor to procure, the vote of any elector, or the influence of any person over other electors, at any election, for himself or any candidate, by means of violence, threats of violence, or threats of withdrawing custom, or dealing in business or trade, or of enforcing the payment of a debt, or of bringing a suit or criminal prosecution, or by any other threat or injury to be inflicted by him, or by his means, or shall violate any provision of Section 23-15-871 or 23-15-874, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both.
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