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Pennsylvania Statutes § 3553 Violations of provisions relating to absentee and mail-in ballots

⤴ Up to Article XVIII: Penalties

Statute Text

.If any person shall sign an application for absentee ballot , mail-in ballot or declaration of elector on the forms prescribed knowing any matter declared therein to be false, or shall vote any ballot other than one properly issued to [him] the person , or vote or attempt to vote more than once in any election for which an absentee ballot or mail-in ballot shall have been issued to [him] the person , or shall violate any other provisions of Article XIII or Article XIII-D of this act, [he] the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the [first] third degree, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding [ten thousand dollars ($10,000)] two thousand five hundred ($2,500) , or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding [five (5)] two (2) years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
If any chief clerk or member of a board of elections, member of a return board or member of a board of registration commissioners, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties prescribed by Article XIII or Article XIII-D of this act, or shall reveal or divulge any of the details of any ballot cast in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII or Article XIII-D of this act, or shall count an absentee ballot or mail-in ballot knowing the same to be contrary to Article XIII or Article XIII-D , or shall reject an absentee ballot or mail-in ballot without reason to believe that the same is contrary to Article XIII or Article XIII-D , or shall permit an elector to cast [his] the elector's ballot at a polling place knowing that there has been issued to the elector an absentee ballot, [he] the elector shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding seven (7) years, or both, at the discretion of the court.

History

Amended by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 12 , § 15.1 , eff. 3/27/2020 .

1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, Art. XVIII, § 1853, added 1960, Jan. 8, P.L. (1959) 2135, § 3. Amended 1963, Aug. 13, P.L. 707, § 25, effective 1/1/1964 ; 1998, Feb. 13, P.L. 72, No. 18, § 21, imd. effective.

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