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<subtitle article="gel" title_number="16" subtitle_number="3" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_name="Conduct of Election Officials">
  <section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-301" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Conduct of Election Officials">
    <level label="a">
      <text>An election official or an official of a political party may not willfully neglect official duties under this article or engage in corrupt or fraudulent acts in the performance of official duties under this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person who violates this section is subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than 3 years or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-302" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Conduct of Election Officials">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A person may not fraudulently tamper with election records of any kind, whether on paper or in any other medium.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-303" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Conduct of Election Officials">
    <level label="a">
      <text>An election judge, while performing official duties at a polling place, may not willfully and knowingly:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>interfere in any way with the casting of a vote by a person who the election judge knows is lawfully entitled to vote at an election;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>fail to challenge a person who the election judge has reason to believe is not entitled to vote;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>refuse to follow the instructions of the election director with respect to the qualification of voters, the use of voting equipment, or the casting of votes; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>obstruct the view at any time of any person, lawfully present in the polling place, who wishes to see the ballot box or voting equipment used during an election.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>An election judge who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment for not less than 3 months nor more than 2 years.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-304" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Conduct of Election Officials">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In a polling place on election day, an election judge may not willfully and knowingly:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>permit a ballot or ballots to be placed into a ballot receptacle prior to the time for voting; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>place a ballot in a ballot receptacle unless the ballot is offered by a properly registered voter or is a provisional ballot placed with other provisional ballots of the same character.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person may not:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>cause or permit a ballot, including a provisional ballot, to be cast or deposited in a ballot receptacle, voting device, or other receptacle designed for the collection of ballots other than by a person entitled under this article to cast a ballot; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>substitute, alter, add, or remove a submitted ballot from a ballot receptacle, voting device, or other receptacle designed for the collection of ballots, except when instructed to do so by the election director.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>