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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-101" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Voter Registration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not willfully and knowingly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>impersonate a voter or other person in order to register or attempt to register in the name of the voter or other person;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>register to vote more than once;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>falsify residence in an attempt to register in the wrong location;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>secure registration through any unlawful means;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>cause by unlawful means the name of a qualified voter to be stricken from the statewide voter registration list;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>prevent, hinder, or delay a person having a lawful right to register from registering, through the use of force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward, or offer of reward;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>falsify any name on a registration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>misrepresent any fact relating to registration; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>induce or attempt to induce a person to violate any prohibition in items (1) through (8) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person acting under color of law may not discriminate against an individual based on the individual’s declination to register to vote or voter registration information.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years or both.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who violates this section is subject to § 5–106(b) of the Courts Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person who unintentionally becomes registered to vote under § 3–203 of this article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be considered to have become registered to vote based on information provided to the State Board by an automatic voter registration agency; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not be considered to have violated this section because of the unintended registration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
