What penalties are envisioned for offences related to threat driven voter coercion?
Spain
Answer
- Both fine and imprisonment
- Special disqualification from exercising a public profession or position
Source
LeyOrgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General.
Ineffect since 21/06/1985 (last update publishedon 29/01/2011, with effects since 30/01/2011)
TITLE ICHAPTER VIII Articles 135 to 153
http://www.infoelectoral.interior.es/Normativa/loreg_2011.htm
2. Civil servants who use their competences/powers for the purposesspecified in this article shall be punished with the penalties in the previousparagraph (NB article 146.1) and, furthermore, they shall be subject to specialdisqualification from exercising a public profession or position for a periodof one to three years.
Those who commit thefollowing crimes shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of six months tothree years or by a fine of twelve to twenty-four months:
Comment
See the law for details on the penalties
