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    666:2 Official Malfeasance. –

A moderator, supervisor of the checklist, selectman or town clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if at any election:

I. He shall knowingly receive and count any illegal vote; or

II. He shall knowingly omit to receive and count any legal vote; or

III. He shall knowingly remove any vote from the number of legal votes cast; or

IV. He shall knowingly add any illegal vote to the number of legal votes cast; or

V. He shall receive or count any vote given at such election by proxy, that is, without the personal delivery of such vote by the person entitled to give the same; or

VI. He shall fraudulently declare the state of the vote in the election of any officer.

Source. 1979, 436:1, eff. July 1, 1979.