§ 31-10-1537. Absentee Voting
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any election official or other person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this article relative to the casting of absent voters’ ballots or who aids or abets fraud in connection with any absent vote cast or to be […]
§ 31-10-1538. Article to Be Liberally Construed
This article shall be liberally construed so that all legally registered electors may be permitted to vote and so that fraud and corruption in municipal elections may be prevented. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1076, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 31-10-1338 as it existed […]
§ 31-10-1539. Applicability
This article shall apply to regular and special municipal elections. This article shall not apply to cities, towns, or cities and counties having home rule, but any such city, town, or city and county may adopt all or any part of this article by reference. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1076, § 1, […]
§ 31-10-1526. Interference With Voter While Voting
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any person who interferes with any voter when inside the immediate voting area or when marking a ballot or operating a voting machine commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 31-10-1504.
§ 31-10-1527. Introducing Liquor Into Polls – Repeal
It is unlawful for any person to introduce into any polling place or to use therein or offer to another for use therein at any time while any election is in progress or the results thereof are being ascertained by the counting of the ballots any intoxicating malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors. Each such offense […]
§ 31-10-1528. Inducing Defective Ballot
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any person who willfully causes a ballot to misstate in any way the wishes of the voter casting the same or who causes any other deceit to be practiced with intent fraudulently to induce such voter to deposit a defective […]
§ 31-10-1529. Personating Elector
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any person who falsely personates any registered elector and votes under the name of such elector shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than […]
§ 31-10-1530. Altering Posted Abstract of Votes
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any person who defaces, mutilates, alters, or unlawfully removes the abstract of votes posted outside of a polling place commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 31-10-1504.
§ 31-10-1531. Wagers With Electors
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] It is unlawful for any person, including any candidate for public office, before or during any municipal election, to make any bet or wager with a qualified elector or take a share or interest in, or in any manner become […]
§ 31-10-1532. Tampering With Notices or Supplies
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any person who, prior to a municipal election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any notice of election posted in accordance with the provisions of this article, or who, during an election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any card of instruction […]