Page:1973 North Dakota Session Laws.pdf/250

250 12.1-14-01. OFFICIAL OPPRESSION.) A person acting or purporting to act in an official capacity or taking advantage of such actual or purported capacity is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if, knowing that his conduct is illegal, he:

1. Subjects another to arrest, detention, search, seizure, mistreatment, dispossession, assessment, lien, or other infringement of personal or property rights; or

2. Denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, 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, intentionally:

1. Injures, intimidates, or interferes with another because he is or has been voting for any candidate or issue or qualifying to vote, qualifying or campaigning as a candidate for elective office, or qualifying or acting as a poll watcher or other election official, in any primary, special, or general election.

2. Injures, intimidates, or interferes with another in order to prevent him or any other person from voting for any candidate or issue or qualifying to vote, qualifying or campaigning as a candidate for elective office, or qualifying or acting as a poll 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, in connection 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 consideration for the recipient's voting or withholding his vote or voting for or against 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 conduct prohibited under subsections 1 or 2; or

4. Otherwise obstructs or interferes with the lawful conduct of such election or registration therefor.

12.1-14-04. DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC PLACES.) A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if, whether or not acting under color of law, he, by force, or threat of force or by economic coercion, intentionally:

1. Injures, intimidates, or interferes with another because