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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-401" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Petitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not willfully and knowingly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>give, transfer, promise, or offer anything of value for the purpose of inducing another person to sign or not sign any petition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>request, receive, or agree to receive, anything of value as an inducement to sign or not to sign any petition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>misrepresent any fact for the purpose of inducing another person to sign or not to sign any petition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>sign the name of any other person to a petition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>falsify any signature or purported signature to a petition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>obtain, or attempt to obtain, any signature to a petition by fraud, duress, or force;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>circulate, cause to be circulated, or file with an election authority a petition that contains any false, forged, or fictitious signatures;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>sign a petition that the person is not legally qualified to sign;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>sign a petition more than once; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>alter any petition after it is filed with the election authority.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each violation of this section shall be considered a separate offense.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to the penalties provided in Subtitle 10 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
