Section 17-17-1 Arrest of electors attending, going to, or returning from elections. An elector must not be arrested during attendance at elections, or while going to or returning therefrom, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace or for a violation on that day of any of the provisions of the election law. For […]
Section 17-17-10 Notice of ineligibility for appointing board; serving on board when ineligible. Any judge of probate who shall fail to certify to the clerk of the circuit court the fact of the candidacy of the judge of probate, the clerk of the circuit court, or the sheriff, thus rendering them ineligible to serve as […]
Section 17-17-11 Failure of inspector or clerk to attend election. Any inspector or clerk appointed by the county appointing board who fails to attend an election without a lawful excuse shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-12 Consumption of intoxicating liquors during election. Any election official or watcher who drinks any intoxicating liquor while any election is being held, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-13 Suppressing nomination. Any person who suppresses any nomination which has been duly filed pursuant to Section 17-9-3, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-14 Voting without registration and oath. Any person voting at any county or state election who has not registered and taken and subscribed to the registration oath shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-15 Signing name of other person on poll list. Any person who willfully and intentionally signs on the poll list the name of any person other than himself or herself, including any signing by mark, in violation of Section 17-9-11, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, […]
Section 17-17-16 Unlawful use of poll lists. Any election officer or any other person who makes a copy of the signed voter poll list or any memoranda therefrom or list of the persons voting, or discloses the number of such voter’s ballot, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. […]
Section 17-17-17 Loitering about polling place; standing in line of voters after having voted. Any person who loiters in, around, or about a polling place on election day for the purpose of discouraging qualified electors from entering the voting place, or from voting, or whoever having voted enters or stands in a line or file […]
Section 17-17-18 Disclosing votes by inspectors, clerks, etc. Any inspector, clerk, or other person who discloses how any elector voted shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-19 Deceiving elector in preparation of ballot. Any inspector, helper, or assistant who willfully deceives any elector in preparing his or her ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-2 Duty of sheriff to preserve order at elections. Any sheriff or deputy who wilfully or corruptly fails to perform any duty imposed by Section 17-9-1 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony, and, upon conviction, the office of such sheriff is thereby vacated. (Code 1876, §§281, 4282; Code 1886, §§377, […]
Section 17-17-20 Inspector refusing to advise elector regarding assistants, or to allow selection thereof. Any inspector who willfully fails or refuses to advise any elector, entitled thereto, that he or she is entitled to an assistant, or refuses to let the elector select an assistant as required by law, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of […]
Section 17-17-21 Disclosing or removing ballot; interfering with or influencing elector; remaining in booth, etc. Any elector who takes or removes, or attempts to take or remove, any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls; or any person who interferes with any elector when inside the polling place or when marking […]
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 17-17-23 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 17-17-24 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 17-17-25 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 17-17-26 Preparation of absentee ballot of person in comatose or other noncommunicative state. Any person who knowingly and willfully prepares or assists in preparing the absentee ballot of a person who is comatose or who otherwise cannot communicate his or her voting preferences for an absentee ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a […]
Section 17-17-27 Failure to count legal vote. Except as to provisional absentee ballots that have not been verified by seven days after the election, any election official who fails to count a legal vote cast by absentee ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
