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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 7, part 2: Rutherford B. Hayes by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
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voters in any State, or in any manner interfere with the
freedom of any election in any State, or with the exercise of
the free right of suffrage in any State.

SEC. 5529. Every officer or other person in the military or
naval service who, by force, threat, intimidation, order,
advice, or otherwise, prevents, or attempts to prevent, any
qualified voter of any State from freely exercising the right
of suffrage at any general or special election in such State
shall be fined not more than $5,000 and imprisoned at hard
labor not more than five years.

SEC. 5530. Every officer of the Army or Navy who prescribes
or fixes, or attempts to prescribe or fix, whether by
proclamation, order, or otherwise, the qualifications of
voters at any election in any State shall be punished as
provided in the preceding section.

SEC. 5531. Every officer or other person in the military or
naval service who, by force, threat, intimidation, order, or
otherwise, compels, or attempts to compel, any officer holding
an election in any State to receive a vote from a person not
legally qualified to vote, or who imposes, or attempts to
impose, any regulations for conducting any general or special
election in a State different from those prescribed by law, or
who interferes in any manner with any officer of an election
in the discharge of his duty, shall be punished as provided in
section 5529.

SEC. 5532. Every person convicted of any of the offenses
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