2013 Maryland Code
ELECTION LAW
§ 16-601 - False reports


MD Elec Law Code § 16-601 (2013) What's This?

§16-601.

(a) An election judge or other election official may not willfully and knowingly:

(1) Make, sign, publish, or deliver a false certificate or statement of the result of the election or any other false report of any kind; or

(2) Deface, destroy, or conceal any statement, tally, certificate, or other document entrusted to the official’s care and custody.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years.

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