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12.1-14 Official Oppression - Elections - Civil Rights

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CHAPTER 12.1-14OFFICIAL OPPRESSION - ELECTIONS - CIVIL RIGHTS12.1-14-01.Official oppression.A person acting or purporting to act in an officialcapacity or taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity is guilty of a class A<br>misdemeanor if, knowing that his conduct is illegal, he:1.Subjects another to arrest, detention, search, seizure, mistreatment, dispossession,<br>assessment, lien, or other infringement of personal or property rights; or2.Denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege,<br>power, or immunity.12.1-14-02. Interference with elections. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if,whether or not acting under color of law, he, by force or threat of force or by economic coercion,<br>intentionally:1.Injures, intimidates, or interferes with another because he is or has been voting for<br>any candidate or issue or qualifying to vote, qualifying or campaigning as a<br>candidate for elective office, or qualifying or acting as a poll watcher or other election<br>official, in any primary, special, or general election.2.Injures, intimidates, or interferes with another in order to prevent him or any other<br>person from voting for any candidate or issue or qualifying to vote, qualifying or<br>campaigning as a candidate for elective office, or qualifying or acting as a poll<br>watcher or other election official, in any primary, special, or general election.12.1-14-03. Safeguarding elections. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if, inconnection with any election, he:1.Makes or induces any false voting registration;2.Offers, gives, or agrees to give a thing of pecuniary value to another as<br>consideration for the recipient's voting or withholding his vote or voting for or against<br>any candidate or issue or for such conduct by another;3.Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept a thing of pecuniary value as consideration for<br>conduct prohibited under subsection 1 or 2; or4.Otherwise obstructs or interferes with the lawful conduct of such election or<br>registration therefor.As used in this section, &quot;thing of pecuniary value&quot; shall include alcoholic beverages, by the drink<br>or in any other container.12.1-14-04.Discrimination in public places.A person is guilty of a class Bmisdemeanor if, whether or not acting under color of law, he, by force, or threat of force or by<br>economic coercion, intentionally:1.Injures, intimidates, or interferes with another because of his sex, race, color,<br>religion, or national origin and because he is or has been exercising or attempting to<br>exercise his right to full and equal enjoyment of any facility open to the public.2.Injures, intimidates, or interferes with another because of his sex, race, color,<br>religion, or national origin in order to intimidate him or any other person from<br>exercising or attempting to exercise his right to full and equal enjoyment of any<br>facility open to the public.Page No. 112.1-14-05. Preventing exercise of civil rights - Hindering or preventing anotheraiding third person to exercise civil rights. A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if,<br>whether or not acting under color of law, he, by force or threat of force or by economic coercion,<br>intentionally:1.Injures, intimidates, or interferes with another because he is or is about to exercise<br>his civil rights, or because he has exercised his civil rights.2.Intimidates or prevents another from aiding a third person to exercise his civil rights.Page No. 2Document Outlinechapter 12.1-14 official oppression - elections - civil rights