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<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>
