Connecticut § 9-352 Tampering with tabulator by election official.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 9-352 — Tampering with tabulator by election official.

Connecticut·Title 9 Elections·Ch. 151 Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties

Any election official who, with intent to cause or permit any voting tabulator to fail to correctly register all votes cast thereon, tampers with or disarranges such tabulator in any way or any part or appliance thereof, or causes such tabulator to be used or consents to its being used for voting at any election with knowledge of the fact that the same is not in order, or not perfectly set and adjusted to correctly register all votes cast thereon, or who, for the purpose of defrauding or deceiving any elector or of causing it to be doubtful for what candidate or candidates or proposition any vote is cast, or causing it to appear upon such tabulator that votes cast for one candidate or proposition were cast for another candidate or proposition, removes, changes or mutilates any ballot shall

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Any election official who, with intent to cause or permit any voting tabulator to fail to correctly register all votes cast thereon, tampers with or disarranges such tabulator in any way or any part or appliance thereof, or causes such tabulator to be used or consents to its being used for voting at any election with knowledge of the fact that the same is not in order, or not perfectly set and adjusted to correctly register all votes cast thereon, or who, for the purpose of defrauding or deceiving any elector or of causing it to be doubtful for what candidate or candidates or proposition any vote is cast, or causing it to appear upon such tabulator that votes cast for one candidate or proposition were cast for another candidate or proposition, removes, changes or mutilates any ballot shall be guilty of a class D felony. See Sec. 9-367 re penalty for tampering with voting tabulator applicable to persons who are not election officials.

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 1220; 1953, S. 829d; P.A. 87-382, S. 36, 55; P.A. 11-20. S. 19; P.A. 13-258, S. 37.) History: P.A. 87-382 deleted references to “ticket”; P.A. 11-20 replaced “machine” with “tabulator” and “ballot label” with “ballot” and deleted language re description of the ballot label on a machine, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.