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the Elective Franchise. § 6873. Constructive false statements. A false statement, representation or token, made or used in the presence and to the knowledge of a person requesting his name to be registered or offering his vote, is to be deemed made by himself, if it appears that it was made or used in support of his claim to be registered or to vote, that he knew it to be false and suffered it to pass uncontradicted.

§ 6874. Disturbance of public meeting. Every person who willfully disturbs or breaks up any public meeting of electors and others, lawfully being held for the purpose of considering public questions is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6875. Preventing public meeting of electors. Every person who, by threats, intimidation or unlawful violence, willfully hinders or prevents electors from assembling in public meeting for the consideration of public questions, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6876. Preventing attendance at public meeting. Every person who makes use of any force or violence or of any threat to do any unlawful act, as a means of preventing an elector from attending any public meeting lawfully held for the purpose of considering any public questions, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6877. Intimidating and bulldozing electors. Every person who willfully, by unlawful arrest, by force and violence or by threats or intimidation, prevents or endeavors to prevent an elector from freely giving his vote at any election, or employs either of such means to hinder him from voting, or to cause him to vote for any person or candidate, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and not less than fifty dollars.

§ 6878. Violence, threats, etc., of electors. Every person who procures or endeavors to procure the vote of any elector, or the influence of any person or other electors, at any election, for himself or for or against any candidate, by means of violence, threats of violence, or threats of withdrawing custom or dealings in business or trade, or enforcing the payment of debts, or bringing a suit or criminal prosecution, or any other threat of injury to be inflicted by him or by his means or procurement, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months.

§ 6879. Disobedience of election judges and officers. Every person who willfully disobeys a lawful command of an inspector or judge of election or board of election, or board of judges of an election or election officers, given in the execution of his or their duty as such at any election, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6880. Violence disturbing election. Every person who is guilty of any riotous conduct, or causes any disturbance or breach of the peace, or uses any disorderly violence or threats of violence, whereby any elector is impeded or hindered, or whereby the lawful proceedings of any inspector or judge of election or poll clerk or other officer of election or election officer, or board of election or canvasser at such election, in the discharge of his or their duty, are interfered with, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

'''§ 6881. Disobedience. Summary arrest therefor.''' Whenever, at an election, any person refuses to obey the lawful command of an inspector or judge of election, or of a board of election or other officer of election or election officer or board of canvassers, or by any disorderly conduct in his or their presence interrupts or disturbs his or their proceeding, he or they may make an order directing the