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Home » US Law » 2021 Tennessee Code » Title 2 - Elections » Chapter 19 - Prohibited Practices » Part 1 - Prohibited Practices Generally » § 2-19-101. Interfering With Nominating Meeting or Election

A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if such person:

  1. Breaks up or attempts to break up any legally authorized political party nominating meeting or any election by force or violence;
  2. Assaults or attempts to assault the persons conducting the meeting or the election officials;
  3. Destroys or carries away or attempts to destroy or carry away a ballot box or voting machine; or
  4. Uses force or violence in any other way to prevent the fair and lawful conduct of the nominating meeting or election.