2006 Alabama Code - Section 17-9-40 — Violations of chapter; tampering with, injuring, etc., machines; misuse; unauthorized possession of keys.

Any election officer, or other person, who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or who shall tamper with, injure or attempt to injure any voting machine to be used or being used in an election, or who shall wilfully misuse any such machine, or who shall prevent or attempt to prevent the correct operation of such machine, or any unauthorized person who shall make or have in his possession a key to a voting machine to be used or being used in an election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment for not more than one year, or to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000.00, or both, in the discretion of the court.

(Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §118.)