Connecticut § 9-353 False statement, certificate or return.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 9-353 — False statement, certificate or return.

Connecticut § 9-353

Title 9Elections

Ch. 151Elections: Prohibited Acts and Penalties

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-353 (2026).

Text

Any election official who, at the close of the polls, purposely causes the vote registered on the tabulator to be incorrectly taken down as to any candidate or proposition voted on, or who knowingly causes to be made or signed any false statement, certificate or return of any kind, of such vote, or who knowingly consents to any such act, shall be guilty of a class D felony.

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Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 1221; 1953, S. 830d; P.A. 11-20, S. 1; P.A. 13-258, S. 38.) History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-20, “machine” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “tabulator”, 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.