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Title 17 - Elections.
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Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.
Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.
Section 17-17-1 - Arrest of electors attending, going to, or returning from elections.
Section 17-17-2 - Duty of sheriff to preserve order at elections.
Section 17-17-3 - Neglect of duties by election official.
Section 17-17-4 - Improper use of official authority or position for political activities.
Section 17-17-5 - Improper use of state property, time, etc., for political activities
Section 17-17-6 - Penalty for failure to purge disqualified electors.
Section 17-17-7 - Officers not to compare poll list with ballot.
Section 17-17-8 - Penalties for making false statements to board, etc.
Section 17-17-9 - Penalties for violating the National Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Section 17-17-10 - Notice of ineligibility for appointing board; serving on board when ineligible.
Section 17-17-11 - Failure of inspector or clerk to attend election.
Section 17-17-12 - Consumption of intoxicating liquors during election.
Section 17-17-13 - Suppressing nomination.
Section 17-17-14 - Voting without registration and oath.
Section 17-17-15 - Signing name of other person on poll list.
Section 17-17-16 - Unlawful use of poll lists.
Section 17-17-17 - Loitering about polling place; standing in line of voters after having voted.
Section 17-17-18 - Disclosing votes by inspectors, clerks, etc.
Section 17-17-19 - Deceiving elector in preparation of ballot.
Section 17-17-20 - Inspector refusing to advise elector regarding assistants, or to allow selection thereof.
Section 17-17-21 - Disclosing or removing ballot; interfering with or influencing elector; remaining in booth, etc.
Section 17-17-22 - Official refusing watcher to exercise rights.
Section 17-17-23 - Tampering with, injuring, etc., machines; misuse; unauthorized possession of keys.
Section 17-17-24 - Changing ballots, unlawful use of absentee ballots, etc.; investigative assistance; encouraging voter participation.
Section 17-17-25 - Failure to perform duties as to absentee voting.
Section 17-17-26 - Preparation of absentee ballot of person in comatose or other noncommunicative state.
Section 17-17-27 - Failure to count legal vote.
Section 17-17-28 - Failure to require proper identification; voting at multiple or unauthorized locations; liability of officials.
Section 17-17-29 - Violation of requirements for disposition of election records.
Section 17-17-30 - Failure to provide notice in contested election.
Section 17-17-31 - Failure to provide notice under Section 17-15-5.
Section 17-17-32 - Failure to provide notice under Section 17-15-6.
Section 17-17-33 - Obstruction, intimidation, etc., of voting rights of others.
Section 17-17-34 - Paying, etc., or accepting payment for vote.
Section 17-17-35 - Violations of Fair Campaign Practices Act.
Section 17-17-36 - Illegal voting or attempting to vote.
Section 17-17-37 - Illegal voting at municipal elections.
Section 17-17-38 - Bribing or attempting to influence voter.
Section 17-17-39 - Buying votes.
Section 17-17-40 - Selling votes.
Section 17-17-41 - Candidate barred by bribery.
Section 17-17-42 - Altering or changing vote of elector.
Section 17-17-43 - Disturbing elector on election day.
Section 17-17-44 - Intimidation of employee by employer.
Section 17-17-45 - Coercion of employee by officer, agent, etc., of corporation.
Section 17-17-46 - Providing false information to register to vote.
Section 17-17-47 - Assessment of unauthorized fees against candidate.
Section 17-17-48 - Unauthorized assistance to voter in preparation of ballot.
Section 17-17-49 - Failure of returning office to return ballots and election supplies.
Section 17-17-50 - Holding, participating in, etc., illegal meetings for purpose of nominating candidates or selecting delegates to convention.
Section 17-17-51 - Intoxication at polling place.
Section 17-17-52 - False or fraudulent returns.
Section 17-17-53 - Opening poll list.
Section 17-17-54 - Failure to place candidate's name, etc., on ballot.
Section 17-17-55 - Unauthorized marking of ballot, electioneering, or divulging how elector voted.
Section 17-17-56 - Penalty for violation of Chapter 13.