{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s609","title_num":"18","num":"§ 609.","heading":"Use of military authority to influence vote of member of Armed Forces","status":null,"guid":"idbbfd0576-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 99–410, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 28, 1986, 100 Stat. 929.)","seq_in_title":242,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch29","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch29","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 29—","heading":"ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id746d69fa-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s609\"><num value=\"609\">§ 609.</num><heading> Use of military authority to influence vote of member of Armed Forces</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whoever, being a commissioned, noncommissioned, warrant, or petty officer of an Armed Force, uses military authority to influence the vote of a member of the Armed Forces or to require a member of the Armed Forces to march to a polling place, or attempts to do so, shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Nothing in this section shall prohibit free discussion of political issues or candidates for public office.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id746d69fb-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/410/tII/s202/a\">Pub. L. 99–410, title II, § 202(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1986-08-28\">Aug. 28, 1986</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/100/929\">100 Stat. 929</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id746d69fc-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id746d69fd-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"priorProvisions\" id=\"id746d69fe-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Prior Provisions</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">A prior section 609, <ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">act June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/723\">62 Stat. 723</ref>, prescribed maximum contributions and expenditures limitation of $3,000,000 for any calendar year, prior to repeal by <ref href=\"/us/pl/92/225/tII/s204\">Pub. L. 92–225, title II, § 204</ref>, <date date=\"1972-02-07\">Feb. 7, 1972</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/86/10\">86 Stat. 10</ref>, effective sixty days after <date date=\"1972-02-07\">Feb. 7, 1972</date>.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id746d69ff-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id746d6a00-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section applicable with respect to elections taking place after <date date=\"1987-12-31\">Dec. 31, 1987</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/410/s204\">section 204 of Pub. L. 99–410</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t52/s20301\">section 20301 of Title 52</ref>, Voting and Elections.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}