(a) Whoever, having contracted with, or become employed by, the Government of the Virgin Islands to print or reproduce in any manner any official ballot, willfully appropriates to himself, or gives or delivers to, or knowingly permits to be taken by anyone other than a person authorized by the Supervisor of Elections, any official ballots, or knowingly prints or reproduces or causes to be printed or reproduced any official ballots in any other form or with any other content than that prescribed by law or as directed by the Supervisor of Elections, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, “official ballot” and “official ballots” include any official ballot or ballots prepared or caused to be prepared by the Supervisor of Elections as required by this title, and any unofficial ballot or ballots prepared or caused to be prepared by a board of elections as authorized by section 554 of this title.