Sec. 401. Prohibition on deceptive practices in Federal elections
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Chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 141(a) and section 301(a), is amended by adding at the end the following: A person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of their free and fair exercise of the right to vote by the communication of election-related information that is known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
As used in this section— the term election for Federal office means any general, primary, runoff, or special election for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress; and the term election-related information means any oral or written communication regarding— the time or place of an election for Federal office; criminal penalties associated with voting in such an election; an individual’s voter registration status or eligibility to vote in such an election; or the explicit endorsement by any person or organization of a candidate in such an election. .
The table of sections for chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 141(b) and section 301(b), is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 614. False election-related information in Federal elections. .