§ 22-26-102 — Registration offenses

(a) Registration offenses consist of performing any of the
following acts in connection with or related to the election
process or an election:
(i) Signing or offering to sign an application to
register when not a qualified elector or to register under a
false name or residence address;
(ii) Soliciting, procuring, aiding, abetting,
inducing or attempting to solicit, procure, aid, abet or induce
a person to register under the name of any other person, or a
false name, or to register when not a qualified elector;
(iii) Destroying or altering a registration record
when not authorized by law;
(iv) False swearing after being challenged.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this
section, registration offenses are misdemeanor offenses
punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars
($200.00).
(c) Registration offenses committed with the intent to
deceive a registration official are high misdemeanor offenses
punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment, a fine of
not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(d) Second or subsequent offenses under subsection (c) of
this section are felony offenses punishable by not more than
five (5) years imprisonment, a fine of not more than ten
thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
(e) The county sheriff shall investigate registration
offenses at the request of a county clerk who has reasonable
cause to believe that a person has committed a registration
offense. After an investigation and a finding that the
allegation has merit, the county sheriff shall refer the matter
to the district attorney for prosecution in the appropriate
courts of this state.