Effective 5/12/2020
20A-1-605. Mutilating certificate of nomination — Forging declination or resignation — Tampering with ballots.
20A-1-605. Mutilating certificate of nomination — Forging declination or resignation — Tampering with ballots.
- (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.
- (a) falsely mark or willfully deface or destroy:
- (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.
Amended by Chapter 31, 2020 General Session