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Section 17-17-1 - Arrest of Electors Attending, Going To, or Returning From Elections. - An elector must not be arrested during attendance at elections,...
Section 17-17-2 - Duty of Sheriff to Preserve Order at Elections. - Any sheriff or deputy who wilfully or corruptly fails to...
Section 17-17-3 - Neglect of Duties by Election Official. - Any election official who wilfully and knowingly neglects, fails, or...
Section 17-17-4 - Improper Use of Official Authority or Position for Political Activities. - Any person who attempts to use his or her official...
Section 17-17-5 - Improper Use of State Property, Time, etc., for Political Activities - (a) No person in the employment of the State of...
Section 17-17-6 - Penalty for Failure to Purge Disqualified Electors. - Any member of the board of registrars who neglects or...
Section 17-17-7 - Officers Not to Compare Poll List With Ballot. - Any inspector, clerk, watcher, or chair of an executive committee...
Section 17-17-8 - Penalties for Making False Statements to Board, Etc. - Any person who willfully makes a false statement to the...
Section 17-17-9 - Penalties for Violating the National Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. - Any person who violates Article 3 of Chapter 4 shall...
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...
Section 17-17-11 - Failure of Inspector or Clerk to Attend Election. - Any inspector or clerk appointed by the county appointing board...
Section 17-17-12 - Consumption of Intoxicating Liquors During Election. - Any election official or watcher who drinks any intoxicating liquor...
Section 17-17-13 - Suppressing Nomination. - Any person who suppresses any nomination which has been duly...
Section 17-17-14 - Voting Without Registration and Oath. - Any person voting at any county or state election who...
Section 17-17-15 - Signing Name of Other Person on Poll List. - Any person who willfully and intentionally signs on the poll...
Section 17-17-16 - Unlawful Use of Poll Lists. - Any election officer or any other person who makes a...
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...
Section 17-17-18 - Disclosing Votes by Inspectors, Clerks, Etc. - Any inspector, clerk, or other person who discloses how any...
Section 17-17-19 - Deceiving Elector in Preparation of Ballot. - Any inspector, helper, or assistant who willfully deceives any elector...
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...
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...
Section 17-17-22 - Official Refusing Watcher to Exercise Rights. - An official who refuses to allow any poll watcher to...
Section 17-17-23 - Tampering With, Injuring, etc., Machines; Misuse; Unauthorized Possession of Keys. - Any election officer or other person, who shall tamper with,...
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...
Section 17-17-25 - Failure to Perform Duties as to Absentee Voting. - Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform...
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...
Section 17-17-27 - Failure to Count Legal Vote. - Except as to provisional absentee ballots that have not been...
Section 17-17-28 - Failure to Require Proper Identification; Voting at Multiple or Unauthorized Locations; Liability of Officials. - Any polling official who knowingly fails to require proper identification...
Section 17-17-29 - Violation of Requirements for Disposition of Election Records. - Any person violating any provision of Section 17-12-12 shall be...
Section 17-17-30 - Failure to Provide Notice in Contested Election. - Any sheriff or constable who fails to give the notices...
Section 17-17-31 - Failure to Provide Notice Under Section 17-15-5. - Any judge of probate who fails to give notice of...
Section 17-17-32 - Failure to Provide Notice Under Section 17-15-6. - Any judge of probate who fails to notify the sheriff...
Section 17-17-33 - Obstruction, Intimidation, etc., of Voting Rights of Others. - It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, intimidate,...
Section 17-17-34 - Paying, etc., or Accepting Payment for Vote. - It shall be unlawful for any person to pay or...
Section 17-17-35 - Violations of Fair Campaign Practices Act. - Repealed by Act 2013-311, ยง3, effective August 1, 2013.
Section 17-17-36 - Unlawful or Fraudulent Voting. - (a) It shall be unlawful for an individual to vote...
Section 17-17-37 - Illegal Voting at Municipal Elections. - Any person who falsely impersonates another and thereby or otherwise...
Section 17-17-38 - Bribing or Attempting to Influence Voter. - Any person who, by bribery or offering to bribe, or...
Section 17-17-39 - Buying Votes. - Any person who buys or offers to buy any vote...
Section 17-17-40 - Selling Votes. - Any qualified elector at any election who takes or receives...
Section 17-17-41 - Candidate Barred by Bribery. - Any candidate for office in any election, upon conviction of...
Section 17-17-42 - Altering or Changing Vote of Elector. - Any person who fraudulently alters or changes the vote of...
Section 17-17-43 - Disturbing Elector on Election Day. - Any person who, on election day, disturbs or prevents, or...
Section 17-17-44 - Intimidation of Employee by Employer. - Any employer who attempts by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge,...
Section 17-17-45 - Coercion of Employee by Officer, Agent, etc., of Corporation. - Any officer or agent of a corporation, or other person...
Section 17-17-46 - Providing False Information to Register to Vote. - Any person who knowingly provides false information in order to...
Section 17-17-47 - Assessment of Unauthorized Fees Against Candidate. - Any person who, as a condition for standing for nomination...
Section 17-17-48 - Unauthorized Assistance to Voter in Preparation of Ballot. - Any person who assists a voter in preparing his or...
Section 17-17-49 - Failure of Returning Office to Return Ballots and Election Supplies. - Any precinct returning officer failing to perform the duties of...
Section 17-17-50 - Holding, Participating In, etc., Illegal Meetings for Purpose of Nominating Candidates or Selecting Delegates to Convention. - Any person or persons who shall hold, attend, or participate...
Section 17-17-51 - Intoxication at Polling Place. - Any person found drunk or intoxicated about any polling place...
Section 17-17-52 - False or Fraudulent Returns. - Any person who makes a false or fraudulent return of...
Section 17-17-53 - Opening Poll List. - Any person who opens any envelope containing the poll list...
Section 17-17-54 - Failure to Place Candidate's Name, etc., on Ballot. - Any officer of the state or of any county or...
Section 17-17-55 - Unauthorized Marking of Ballot, Electioneering, or Divulging How Elector Voted. - Any person at a primary election who shall mark the...
Section 17-17-56 - Penalty for Violation of Chapter 13. - Any person who violates any provision of Chapter 13 for...