Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 151 - Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties
Section 9-365. - Employers' threats.

Any person who (1) during the period that is sixty days or less prior to any election, municipal meeting, school district election or school district meeting, attempts to influence the vote of any operative in his or her employ by threats of withholding employment from him or her or by promises of employment, or (2) dismisses any operative from his or her employment on account of any vote he or she has given at any such election or meeting shall be guilty of a class D felony.

(1949 Rev., S. 1116; 1953, S. 842d; P.A. 12-193, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 12-193 added Subdiv. designators (1) and (2), changed penalty from a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 or imprisonment of not less than 6 months or more than 12 months or both to a class D felony and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2012.

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