Section 17-17-22 – Official Refusing Watcher to Exercise Rights.
Section 17-17-22 Official refusing watcher to exercise rights. An official who refuses to allow any poll watcher to exercise his or her rights as a watcher, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-7 – Officers Not to Compare Poll List With Ballot.
Section 17-17-7 Officers not to compare poll list with ballot. Any inspector, clerk, watcher, or chair of an executive committee who compares the number on the poll list with the number of the ballot of any voter for the purpose of ascertaining how any voter voted, except in case of contest, shall be guilty, upon […]
Section 17-17-23 – Tampering With, Injuring, etc., Machines; Misuse; Unauthorized Possession of Keys.
Section 17-17-23 Tampering with, injuring, etc., machines; misuse; unauthorized possession of keys. Any election officer or other person, who shall tamper with, injure, or attempt to injure any electronic voting machine to be used or being used in an election, or who shall willfully misuse any such machine, or who shall prevent or attempt to […]
Section 17-16-69 – Notice to Adverse Party.
Section 17-16-69 Notice to adverse party. Whenever either party shall apply to the commission to examine witnesses, either before the commission or by warrant issued from the commission, the adverse party shall have five days’ notice of the application and of the time and place of taking such depositions. (Code 1896, §1678; Code 1907, §484; […]
Section 17-17-8 – Penalties for Making False Statements to Board, Etc.
Section 17-17-8 Penalties for making false statements to board, etc. Any person who willfully makes a false statement to the board of registrars, or any duly authorized person, in reidentifying himself or herself as a qualified elector in the manner provided in Chapter 4 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts […]
Section 17-17-24 – Changing Ballots, Unlawful Use of Absentee Ballots, etc.; Investigative Assistance; Encouraging Voter Participation.
Section 17-17-24 Changing ballots, unlawful use of absentee ballots, etc.; investigative assistance; encouraging voter participation. (a) Any person who willfully changes an absentee voter’s ballot to the extent that it does not reflect the voter’s true ballot, any person who willfully votes more than once by absentee ballot in the same election, any person who […]
Section 17-16-70 – Commission Has Power to Punish for Contempt.
Section 17-16-70 Commission has power to punish for contempt. If any witness, being summoned, fails to attend, or being summoned with a subpoena duces tecum, fails and refuses to produce the paper or document required to be produced by the subpoena, the commission shall have the right and authority to punish the witness for contempt […]
Section 17-17-9 – Penalties for Violating the National Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Section 17-17-9 Penalties for violating the National Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. Any person who violates Article 3 of Chapter 4 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-826, p. 158, §10; §17-4-256; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, […]
Section 17-17-25 – Failure to Perform Duties as to Absentee Voting.
Section 17-17-25 Failure to perform duties as to absentee voting. Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform or discharge any duty required by Chapter 11 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-16-71 – Evidence Confined to Allegations; Exceptions.
Section 17-16-71 Evidence confined to allegations; exceptions. No evidence shall be taken on the part of the contestant unless to sustain some one of the specific allegations of the original or amended statement of grounds of contest. Nor shall any evidence be taken on the part of the contestee except in rebuttal of the specific […]