18-2316 — TAMPERING WITH CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION OR BALLOTS


                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 23
                                  ELECTIONS
    18-2316.  TAMPERING WITH CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION OR BALLOTS. No person
shall falsely make, or make oath to, or fraudulently deface, or fraudulently
destroy, any certificate of nomination, or any part thereof, or file, or
receive for filing, any certificate of nomination, or letter of withdrawal,
knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely made, or suppress any
certificate of nomination which has been duly filed, or any part thereof, or
wilfully delay the delivery of any ballots, or forge or falsely make the
official indorsement on the ballot, or wilfully destroy any ballot. Every
person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty
of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent
jurisdiction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a
period of not less than one year nor more than five years.