Section 2-19-101 - Interfering with nominating meeting or electionA 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.