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Timestamp: 2020-04-01 02:43:42
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 17', '§ 18564', '§ 31', '§ 1', '§ 9', '§ 5116', '§ 104', '§ 21', '§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 39', '§ 25', '§ 119', '§ 860', '§ 16', '§ 51', '§ 97', '§ 115', '§ 659', '§ 19', '§ 16', '§ 3599', '§ 9', '§ 260', '§ 260', '§ 3518', '§ 7', '§ 12', '§ 2', '§ 33', '§ 20', '§ 29', '§ 3', '§ 12', '§ 12', '§ 12']

State Statutes Prohibiting Tampering with Voting Systems
Tampering Statutes by State
At least 33 states have statutes that prohibit tampering with voting systems or devices or equipment on which a vote is cast and counted. The chart does not cover other kinds of voting crimes such as tampering with ballots, destruction of ballot supplies, voting fraud or voter intimidation. In addition to tampering laws, state computer crime statutes also could be used to prosecute unauthorized access or hacking of computerized voting systems.
Tampering Laws by State
Ala. Code § 17-17-23
Cal Elec Code § 18564.5
Voting system or machine
Civil penalty not to exceed $50,000 for each act and for injunctive relief, if appropriate.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1534
C.R.S. § 1-13-708
Electromechanical voting equipment
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-367
Voting tabulator Felony
15 Del. C. § 5116
Fine not less than $300 nor more than $500 and may be imprisoned not less than one nor more than two years.
Fla. Stat. § 104.30
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-580
Ind. Code § 3-14-3-8
Ind. Code. § 3-14-3-5
Voting equipment or materials
Iowa Code § 39A.2
Automatic tabulating equipment Felony
Kansas Stat. § 25-4414
Electromechanical voting system Felony
KRS § 119.115
21-A MRS § 860
Voting device Class B Crime
Md. Election Law Code § 16-804
ALM GL ch. 56, § 51
Fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 2 1/2 half years or in the state prison for not less than 2 1/2 nor more than five years, or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-13-43
Voting machine or tabulating computer or device Felony
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.633
NRS 293.750
NRS 293.755
Election equipment, computer programs Misdemeanor or Felony
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:42
Electronic ballot counting device Felony
N.J. Stat. § 19:53A-15
Voting device Third degree crime
N.D. Cent. Code, § 16.1-06-25
Ohio Rev. Code § 3599.27
26 Okla. Stat. § 9-118
Voting device Felony
ORS § 260.645
ORS § 260.993
25 P.S. § 3518
Misdemeanor of the second degree, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $5,000, or to undergo an imprisonment of not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1920
S.D. Codified Laws § 12-26-23.1
Electronic voting machine, or electronic ballot marking system
Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-19-118
Tex. Penal Code, § 33.05
Utah Code § 20A-5-706
Rev. Code Wash. § 29A.84.560
Voting machine or device
W.Va. Code § 3-4A-33
Wis. Stat. § 12.13(3)(f)
Wis. Stat. § 12.13(3)(z)
Wis. Stat. § 12.13(2)(b)(6)
Voting device or automatic tabulating equipment Felony
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