What penalties are envisioned for offences related to incentive driven voter coercion?
United Kingdom
Answer
- Both fine and imprisonment
- Incapacity of being registered as an elector or voting at any parliamentary election in the United Kingdom or at any local government election in Great Britain
Source
Representation ofthe People Act 1983
Art. 60 - 85
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2
Incapacity of being registered as an elector or voting atany parliamentary election in the United Kingdom or at any local governmentelection in Great Britain
finenot exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale,or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both.
Comment
See the law for details on the penalties
