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<subtitle article="gel" title_number="16" subtitle_number="8" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_name="Voting Equipment">
  <section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-801" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Voting Equipment">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A person may not willfully:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>conceal, damage, or destroy voting equipment used or intended to be used on the day of election; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>remove voting equipment from the custody of the election judges or other election officials.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 3 years or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-802" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Voting Equipment">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A person may not willfully and knowingly:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>tamper with, damage, or attempt to damage any voting equipment that is used or will be used in an election; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>prevent or attempt to prevent the correct operation of any voting equipment that is used or will be used on the day of election.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>An unauthorized person may not make or have in the person’s possession a key to any voting equipment that is used or will be used on the day of election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 3 years or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-803" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Voting Equipment">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A person may not remove, deface, or destroy equipment or supplies placed in a polling place by election officials during an election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 3 years or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-804" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Voting Equipment">
    <level label="a">
      <text>When an electronic voting system is used, a person may not willfully and knowingly:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>access the system unless authorized to do so by the appropriate election authority; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>tamper with or alter the hardware, system components, or software utilized by the voting system, for the purpose of affecting the vote count.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000 or imprisonment for not more than 10 years or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>