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§ 2-19-142. Knowingly Publishing False Campaign Literature

It is a Class C misdemeanor for any person to publish or distribute or cause to be published or distributed any campaign literature in opposition to any candidate in any election if such person knows that any such statement, charge, allegation, or other matter contained therein with respect to such candidate is false.

§ 2-19-143. Suffrage for Persons Convicted of Infamous Crimes

The following provisions shall govern the exercise of the right of suffrage for those persons convicted of an infamous crime: No person who has been convicted of an infamous crime, as defined by § 40-20-112, in this state shall be permitted to register to vote or vote at any election unless such person has been […]

§ 2-19-144. Campaign Advertising

It is unlawful for any person to place or attach any type of show-card, poster, or advertising material or device, including election campaign literature, on any kind of poles, towers, or fixtures of any public utility company, whether privately or publicly owned or as defined in § 65-4-101, unless legally authorized to do so.

§ 2-19-133. False or Misleading Information Regarding Voting

A person commits an offense who, with intent to deceive or disseminate information that person knows to be incorrect, provides or publishes false or misleading information regarding the qualifications to vote, the requirements to register to vote, whether an individual voter is currently registered to vote or eligible to register to vote, voter registration deadlines, […]

§ 2-19-135. Threatening Work Stoppage as a Result of Election

It is a Class C misdemeanor for any employer, within ninety (90) days of any election or primary provided for by law, to put up or otherwise exhibit in such employer’s factory, workshop, mine, mill, boardinghouse, office, or other establishment or place where employees may be working or may be present in the course of […]

§ 2-19-136. Grand Jury Witness Immunity

When any person, without such person’s contrivance or procurement, is sent as a witness before the grand jury and is examined before them touching offenses under this chapter, no person against whom such person’s evidence is given can afterwards be used as a witness against the person when on trial for an offense under this […]

§ 2-19-137. Violators as Witnesses — Exemption From Prosecution

A person offending against any of the provisions of this chapter shall be a competent witness against any other person violating any provisions of this chapter, and may be compelled to attend and testify upon any trial, hearing, proceeding, or investigation in the same manner as any other person, but the testimony so given shall […]