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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61840</law_id><section_number>24.2-1000</section_number><catch_line>Intimidation and threats toward election officials; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-411.2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Election Offenses Generally; Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person who, by bribery, intimidation, threats, coercion, or other means in violation of the election <span class="dictionary">laws</span> willfully and intentionally hinders or prevents, or attempts to hinder or prevent, an election official or the <span class="dictionary">employee of an election official</span> from administering <span class="dictionary">elections</span> pursuant to this title is guilty of a Class 5 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-225813" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-1000/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For purposes of this section:
			&#x201C;Election official&#x201D; includes members of the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> of Elections, the Commissioner of Elections, members of <span class="dictionary">local electoral boards</span>, <span class="dictionary">general registrars</span>, deputy registrars, and officers of election.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Employee of an election official</span>&#x201D; includes persons employed by the <span class="dictionary">Department of Elections</span> or in the office of a <span class="dictionary">general registrar</span>. <a id="paragraph-225814" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-1000/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 24-191; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-264; 1993, c. 641; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 528, 533; 2024, c. 787.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
