§ 5121 — Removal or destruction of election supplies or equipment or voting machines; penalty

(a) Whoever, during the general election:

(1) Removes or destroys any of the supplies or other conveniences placed in the booths or delivered to the voter for the purpose of enabling the voter to prepare that voter’s ballot; or

(2) Removes, tears down or defaces the cards printed for the instruction of the voters; or

(3) Destroys or removes any booth, railing or other conveniences provided for such election; or

(4) Tampers with, disarranges, defaces or impairs in any manner the use of or destroys any voting machine or the ballots on the face of a voting machine;

shall be imprisoned not less than 6 months nor more than 1 year.

(b) Whoever induces or attempts to induce any person to commit any of the acts described in subsection (a) of this section, whether or not any such acts are committed or attempted to be committed shall be imprisoned not less than 6 months nor more than 1 year.

Legislative History

19 Del. Laws, c. 37, § 36 ; 27 Del. Laws, c. 65, § 33 ; Code 1915, § 1759; Code 1935, § 1848; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 5123; 49 Del. Laws, c. 18, § 4 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1