Mutilating certificate of nomination -- Forging declination or resignation -- Tampering with ballots.

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  • (1) It is unlawful for any person to:
    • (a) falsely mark or willfully deface or destroy:
      • (i) any certificate of nomination or any part of a certificate of nomination; or
      • (ii) any letter of declination or resignation;
    • (b) file any certificate of nomination or letter of declination or resignation knowing it, or any part of it, to be falsely made;
    • (c) suppress any certificate of nomination, or letter of declination or resignation, or any part of a certificate of nomination or letter of declination or resignation that has been legally filed;
    • (d) forge any letter of declination or resignation;
    • (e) falsely make the official endorsement on any ballot;
    • (f) willfully destroy or deface any ballot;
    • (g) willfully delay the delivery of any ballots;
    • (h) examine any ballot offered or cast at the polls or found in any ballot box or ballot drop box for any purpose other than to determine which candidate was elected; and
    • (i) make or place any mark or device on any ballot in order to determine the name of any person for whom the elector has voted.
  • (2) In addition to the penalties established in Subsections 20A-1-609(2) and (3), any person convicted of any of the offenses established by this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.




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