18-2305. INTIMIDATION, CORRUPTION AND FRAUDS. Every person who, by force, threats, menaces, bribery, or any corrupt means, either directly or indirectly attempts to influence any elector in giving his vote, or to deter him from giving the same, or attempts by any means whatever, to awe, restrain, hinder or disturb any elector in the free exercise of the right of suffrage, or furnishes any elector wishing to vote, who can not read, with a ticket, informing or giving such elector to understand that it contains a name written or printed thereon different from the name which is written or printed thereon, or defrauds any elector at any such election, by deceiving and causing such elector to vote for a different person, for any office, than he intended or desired to vote for; or who, being officer, judge, or clerk of any election, while acting as such, induces, or attempts to induce, any elector, either by menace or reward, or promise thereof, to vote differently from what such elector intended or desired to vote, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
[18-2305, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 889.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Section 18-2301 - OFFICIAL NEGLECT OR MALFEASANCE.
Section 18-2302 - FALSE SWEARING AS TO QUALIFICATIONS AS VOTER.
Section 18-2303 - REFUSAL TO BE SWORN OR TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
Section 18-2304 - PROCURING ILLEGAL VOTES.
Section 18-2305 - INTIMIDATION, CORRUPTION AND FRAUDS.
Section 18-2306 - ILLEGAL VOTING OR INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTION.
Section 18-2307 - ATTEMPTING TO VOTE WHEN NOT QUALIFIED, OR TO REPEAT VOTING.
Section 18-2308 - ATTEMPT OF OFFICER TO ASCERTAIN VOTE.
Section 18-2309 - OFFICERS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE RESULT.
Section 18-2310 - FORGING OR COUNTERFEITING RETURNS.
Section 18-2311 - ADDING TO OR SUBTRACTING FROM VOTES.
Section 18-2312 - AIDING AND ABETTING ELECTION OFFENSES.
Section 18-2313 - RIOTOUS CONDUCT AND INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTION.
Section 18-2314 - BETTING ON ELECTIONS.
Section 18-2315 - ELECTION OFFENSES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR.
Section 18-2316 - TAMPERING WITH CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION OR BALLOTS.
Section 18-2317 - DESTROYING OR DEFACING SUPPLIES.
Section 18-2318 - ELECTIONEERING AT POLLS.
Section 18-2319 - ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE VOTES.
Section 18-2320 - BRIBERY OF ELECTORS.
Section 18-2321 - FRAUDULENT PERMISSION OF REGISTRATION.