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Wyoming Statutes § 22-26-102 Registration offenses

⤴ Up to Chapter 26: Offenses and Penalties

Statute Text

(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.

History

Amended by Laws 2018 , ch. 40, § 1, eff. 5/1/2018 .

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