Delaware § 3163 Receiving illegal or refusing legal votes; penalty

Delaware Statutes

§ 3163 — Receiving illegal or refusing legal votes; penalty

Delaware § 3163

JurisdictionDelaware

Title15

PartPrimary Elections and Nominations of Candidates

Ch. 31PRIMARY ELECTIONS

Subch.Procedure at Polling Places

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Del. Code tit. 15, § 3163 (2026).

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Whoever, at any primary election, being a presiding officer or judge, knowingly and wilfully receives, or advises or consents to the receiving of, the vote of any person not entitled to vote at such primary election; or whoever, at any primary election, being a presiding officer or judge, knowingly and wilfully refuses to receive the vote of any person entitled to vote at such primary election, shall, for every such offense, pay $100 to any person who sues for the same or be fined not less than $100, and, in either case, be imprisoned until the judgments, fines and costs are paid in full or discharged by the court.

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Whoever, at any primary election, being a presiding officer or judge, knowingly and wilfully receives, or advises or consents to the receiving of, the vote of any person not entitled to vote at such primary election; or whoever, at any primary election, being a presiding officer or judge, knowingly and wilfully refuses to receive the vote of any person entitled to vote at such primary election, shall, for every such offense, pay $100 to any person who sues for the same or be fined not less than $100, and, in either case, be imprisoned until the judgments, fines and costs are paid in full or discharged by the court.