Interfering with nominating meeting or election

A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if such person: (1) Breaks up or attempts to break up any legally authorized political party nominating meeting or any election by force or violence; (2) Assaults or attempts to assault the persons conducting the meeting or the election officials; (3) Destroys or carries away or attempts to destroy or carry away a ballot box or voting machine; or (4) Uses force or violence in any other way to prevent the fair and lawful conduct of the nominating meeting or election. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1901; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1999, ch. 216, § 1. A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if such person: (1) Breaks up or attempts to break up any legally authorized political party nominating meeting or any election by force or violence; (2) Assaults or attempts to assault the persons conducting the meeting or the election officials; (3) Destroys or carries away or attempts to destroy or carry away a ballot box or voting machine; or (4) Uses force or violence in any other way to prevent the fair and lawful conduct of the nominating meeting or election. Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1901; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1999, ch. 216, § 1.