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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 2 - ELECTIONS (§§ 2-1-101 — 2-20-109)
Chapter 19 - PROHIBITED PRACTICES (§§ 2-19-101 — 2-19-208)
Part 1 - PROHIBITED PRACTICES GENERALLY (§§ 2-19-101 — 2-19-144)
Section 2-19-130 - Candidate betting with voter
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TN Code § 2-19-130 (2023)
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It is a Class C misdemeanor for any candidate for public office, before or during any primary or final election provided by law, to make any bet or wager with a voter, or to take a share or interest in, or in any manner become a party to any such bet or wager, or provide or agree to provide any money to be used by another in making such bet or wager, upon any event or contingency whatever, arising out of such election.
Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1930; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
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