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Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 5101. Jurisdiction of Court. - The Superior Court shall have exclusive, original jurisdiction of offenses...
§ 5102. Prosecution by Attorney General; duty to report violations. - (a) The Attorney General shall immediately prosecute to final judgment...
§ 5103. Irregularities or defects in election as a defense. - Irregularities or defects in the mode of noticing, canvassing, polling...
§ 5104. Honest belief as a defense. - Upon any prosecution for procuring, offering or casting an illegal...
§ 5105. Application to school elections. - The provisions of this chapter shall additionally be applicable to...
Subchapter II. Particular Offenses
§ 5111. Neglect of duty by department member; corrupt or fraudulent conduct; penalty. - Whoever, being a member of the Department, is guilty of...
§ 5112. Refusal of inspector or judge of election to serve; penalty. - Whoever, having been appointed an inspector or judge of election...
§ 5113. Refusal of clerk of election to qualify or serve; penalty. - Whoever, having been appointed a clerk of election, refuses to...
§ 5114. Improper conduct of printer of ballots and ballot envelopes; penalty. - If the printer of the ballot or envelope or any...
§ 5115. Improper use of ballot or envelope; penalty. - Whoever: (1) Forges or falsely makes the official endorsement of...
§ 5116. Tampering with voting machines; penalties. - Whoever before the opening of the election registers any vote...
§ 5117. Unauthorized entering of voting room; penalties. - (a) Whoever does not meet the qualifications of § 4933...
§ 5118. Interference with election; penalties. - (a) Whoever: (1) Enters or attempts to enter the voting...
§ 5119. Feigning a physical disability to obtain assistance in voting; penalty. - (a) Whoever, being an elector, feigns a physical defect or...
§ 5120. Secreting person in election room; penalty. - Whoever, other than the election officers, secretes or attempts to...
§ 5121. Removal or destruction of election supplies or equipment or voting machines; penalty. - (a) Whoever, during the general election: (1) Removes or destroys...
§ 5122. Disclosures by election officers; penalty. - Whoever, being an election officer: (1) Reveals to any person...
§ 5123. Intimidation, persuasion or bribery by election officer; penalty. - Whoever, being an election officer: (1) In any manner attempts...
§ 5124. Inducing the making of distinguishing mark on ballot; penalty. - Whoever induces or attempts to induce any elector to write,...
§ 5125. Inducing election officers to violate election laws; penalty. - Whoever induces or attempts to induce any election officers to...
§ 5126. Violations by officials; penalty. - Whoever, being a clerk of the peace, an official, or...
§ 5127. Bribery of person expecting to be election or registration officer; penalty. - Whoever bribes or attempts to bribe anyone expecting to hold...
§ 5128. Fraudulent voting; penalty. - Whoever, at any general or special election: (1) Falsely personates...
§ 5129. False entries by clerk of election. - Whoever, being a clerk of election or other election officer...
§ 5130. Failure of election officer to perform duties. - Whoever, being an election officer, wilfully: (1) Excludes any vote...
§ 5131. False count or certification by election officer. - Whoever, being an election officer, wilfully: (1) Makes any false...
§ 5132. Fraudulent deposit or alteration of ballots or entering voting machine booth or casting vote; penalty. - (a) Whoever, being an election officer, at any election: (1)...
§ 5133. Wilful neglect of duty by election officers. - Whoever, being an election officer of whom any duty is...
§ 5134. Stealing, destroying or secreting records; penalty. - (a) Whoever, being an election officer having the custody of...
§ 5135. Perjury; subornation of perjury. - (a) Whoever is convicted of wilful false swearing or affirming...
§ 5136. Tampering with ballots or deceiving voters; penalty. - Whoever: (1) Fraudulently changes or alters the ballot of any...
§ 5137. Disobeying election officers; penalty. - Whoever wilfully disobeys any lawful command of any election officer,...
§ 5138. Breach of peace or violence on election day; penalty. - Whoever on any day of election or during the reading...
§ 5139. Interference with election officer or challenger; penalty. - Whoever: (1) Knowingly or wilfully obstructs, hinders, assaults or by...
§ 5140. Failure of inspector to preserve order. - Whoever, being an inspector of election, wilfully neglects or when...
§ 5141. Stealing or destroying ballot box, ballot, poll list; penalty. - Whoever, not being an election officer: (1) Steals or wilfully...
§ 5142. Requiring unauthorized oath; penalty. - Whoever, being an election officer or other person, administers or...
§ 5143. Candidate for General Assembly not to make written pledge; penalty. - (a) No candidate for State Senator or Representative in the...
§ 5144. Unauthorized release of absentee vote information; penalty. - (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally releases, transfers, distributes,...
Subchapter III. Offenses Carrying Civil Liability
§ 5161. Intimidation of election officers; penalty. - If any person, firm, corporation or employer existing or doing...
§ 5162. Intimidation of electors; penalty. - If any person, or corporation existing or doing business in...
§ 5163. Liability of corporation or officers. - In any trial under § 5161 or § 5162 of...
§ 5164. Liability of stakeholder for paying election bet. - If any stakeholder, or person with whom any money or...