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Section 17-17-37 – Illegal Voting at Municipal Elections.

Section 17-17-37 Illegal voting at municipal elections. Any person who falsely impersonates another and thereby or otherwise fraudulently casts a vote to which he or she is not entitled, or having voted at a municipal election votes a second time at the same election, whether in the same precinct or another, or having once obtained […]

Section 17-17-53 – Opening Poll List.

Section 17-17-53 Opening poll list. Any person who opens any envelope containing the poll list of any voting place, except in case of a contest, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Section 17-17-38 – Bribing or Attempting to Influence Voter.

Section 17-17-38 Bribing or attempting to influence voter. Any person who, by bribery or offering to bribe, or by any other corrupt means, attempts to influence any elector in giving his or her vote, deter the elector from giving the same, or disturb or hinder the elector in the free exercise of the right of […]

Section 17-17-54 – Failure to Place Candidate’s Name, etc., on Ballot.

Section 17-17-54 Failure to place candidate’s name, etc., on ballot. Any officer of the state or of any county or municipality whose duty it is by law to prepare and have printed ballots for any election authorized by law to be held, who shall intentionally fail to have printed on the ballots, as required by […]

Section 17-17-39 – Buying Votes.

Section 17-17-39 Buying votes. Any person who buys or offers to buy any vote of any qualified elector at any election by the payment of money or the promise to pay the same at any future time, or by the gift of intoxicating liquors or other thing of value, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of […]

Section 17-17-40 – Selling Votes.

Section 17-17-40 Selling votes. Any qualified elector at any election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing, upon the condition that the same shall be paid at any future time, in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular candidate, or the promise to vote for any particular candidate, shall […]

Section 17-17-56 – Penalty for Violation of Chapter 13.

Section 17-17-56 Penalty for violation of Chapter 13. Any person who violates any provision of Chapter 13 for which a penalty is not otherwise provided shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Section 17-17-41 – Candidate Barred by Bribery.

Section 17-17-41 Candidate barred by bribery. Any candidate for office in any election, upon conviction of bribing or attempting to influence a voter under Section 17-17-38, shall, in addition to the fine, be declared ineligible for the office to which elected for that term. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Section 17-17-42 – Altering or Changing Vote of Elector.

Section 17-17-42 Altering or changing vote of elector. Any person who fraudulently alters or changes the vote of any elector, by which such elector is prevented from voting as intended, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)