Any person who, with intent to defraud any elector of his or her vote or cause any elector to lose his or her vote or any part thereof, gives in any way, or prints, writes or circulates, or causes to be written, printed or circulated, any improper, false, misleading or incorrect instructions or advice or suggestions as to the manner of voting on any tabulator, the following of which or any part of which would cause any elector to lose his or her vote or any part thereof, or would cause any elector to fail in whole or in part to register or record the same on the tabulator for the candidates of his or her choice, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 1222; 1953, S. 840d; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; P.A. 12-193, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator”, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 12-193 changed penalty from a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years or both to a class D felony and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2012.
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