Any person, not being an election official, who, with intent to cause or permit any ballot, voting tabulator or other appliance used in connection with such tabulator to fail to correctly register any vote cast upon such ballot, tabulator or other appliance, during any election or before any election, tampers with a voting tabulator, disarranges, defaces, injures or impairs the same in any manner, or mutilates, injures or destroys any ballot or any other appliance used in connection with such tabulator, shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(1949 Rev., S. 1218; 1953, S. 844d; P.A. 11-20, S. 22; P.A. 12-193, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 11-20 added language re intent and made section applicable to tampering with a ballot, voting tabulator or other appliance, rather than a voting machine or ballot label, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 12-193 changed penalty from imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class C felony, effective July 1, 2012.
See Sec. 9-352 re penalty for tampering with voting tabulator by election official.
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.