Any person who prints or causes to be printed upon any official ballot the name of any person not a candidate of a party whose name is printed at the head of the column containing such nominees or who prints or causes to be printed any authorized ballot in any manner other than that prescribed by the Secretary of the State shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(1953, S. 831d; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; P.A. 13-258, S. 39.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “ballot label” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “ballot”, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 151 - Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties
Section 9-349. - Unlawful sessions of board for admission.
Section 9-350. - Failure to warn election.
Section 9-351. - Delay in counting or declaring vote.
Section 9-352. - Tampering with tabulator by election official.
Section 9-353. - False statement, certificate or return.
Section 9-354. - Improper printing of ballot.
Section 9-355. - Official neglect or fraud.
Section 9-356. - Neglect to elect grand jurors.
Section 9-357. - Fraudulent registration.
Section 9-359. - Absentee ballots.
Section 9-359a. - False statement in absentee balloting. Class D felony.
Section 9-360. - Fraudulent voting.
Section 9-361. - Primary or enrollment violations.
Section 9-362. - Decision of election officials no bar to prosecution.
Section 9-363. - Circulation of misleading instructions.
Section 9-364. - Influencing elector to refrain from voting.
Section 9-364b. - Restrictions on incumbents' use of public funds.
Section 9-365. - Employers' threats.
Section 9-366. - Interference with electors in voting.
Section 9-367. - Tampering with ballot or voting tabulator.
Section 9-368. - Arrest of accused.
Section 9-368c. - Misrepresentation of contents of a petition.