ARTICLE 49

Fraud in Local Union Elections

  30.       Any member convicted of misrepresenting re-
  31.   turns, altering, mutilating or destroying deposited
  32.   ballots, voting fraudulently or of intimidating oth-
  33.   ers by threats or otherwise interfering with a mem-
  34.   ber in the exercise of her/his right to cast a ballot
  35.   in Local Union elections and strike balloting, shall
  36.   be punished in accordance with the Trial Proce-
  37.   dure outlined in this Constitution. The member so
  38.   convicted shall be disqualified for either elective
  39.   or appointive office within the jurisdiction of the
  40.   International Union for a period of not less than
  41.   two (2) years or more than five (5) years.