{"id":13068,"date":"2018-02-05T03:08:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T03:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13068"},"modified":"2018-02-15T03:24:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T03:24:49","slug":"election-fraud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13068","title":{"rendered":"Election Fraud and Electioneering (Crimes)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from Criminal Law Self-Help Walkthrough<\/a> >>>> Types of Crimes and Corresponding Laws<\/a>:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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election fraud<\/span> –<\/strong> (18c) 1. Illegal conduct committed in an election, usually in the form of fraudulent voting.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Examples include voting twice, voting under another person’s name (usually a deceased person), or voting while ineligible. <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/div>\n

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electioneering<\/span> – 1. The solicitation of votes.\u00a0 A criminal offense where conducted at certain times and places on election day. 26 Am J2d Elect \u00a7 374<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]\u00a0 1. The solicitation of votes.\u00a0 It is a criminal offense when conducted at certain times and places on election day.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

gerrymandering<\/span><\/a> – manipulating the boundary lines of a political district to give an unfair advantage to one political party or to dilute the political strength of voters of a particular race, color, or national origin, often by using techniques called cracking<\/em>, stacking<\/em>, and packing<\/em>.<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 aka political gerrymandering<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; partisan gerrymandering<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; jurisdictional gerrymandering<\/strong><\/span>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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corrupt practices acts<\/span><\/a> – federal and state statutes that regulate expenditures by candidates for election, and contributions to their election campaigns.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

lobbying<\/span><\/a> – addressing or soliciting members of a legislative body, in the lobby off the chamber or elsewhere, for the purpose of influencing their votes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Laws pertaining to Election Crimes:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

United States Code
\nTitle 42 – THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
\n<\/span>CHAPTER 21 – C<\/span>IVIL RIGHTS
\n<\/span>SUBCHAPTER I – GENERALLY<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a71985.\u00a0Conspiracy to interfere with civil rights<\/span><\/h3>\n

(3) Depriving persons of\u00a0rights or privileges<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws; or for the purpose of preventing or hindering the constituted authorities of any State or Territory from giving or securing <\/span>to all persons within such State or Territory the equal protection of the laws; or if two or more persons conspire <\/span><\/span>to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled\u00a0<\/span>to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for President or Vice President, or as a Member of Congress of the United States<\/span>; or <\/span>to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy; in any case of conspiracy set forth in this section, if one or more persons engaged therein do, or cause\u00a0<\/span>to be done, any act in furtherance of the object of such <\/span>conspiracy, whereby another is injured in his person or property, or deprived of having and exercising any\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>right or privilege of a citizen of the United States, the party so injured or deprived may have an action for the recovery of damages occasioned by such injury or deprivation, against any one or more of the conspirators.<\/strong><\/span> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

Federal election crimes<\/a> fall into three broad categories:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n