Election Law Of The State Enacted By The Assembly PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than ten years. And such offense shall be deemed to have been committed whether such person has or had any custody or control, rightful or otherwise, over, or is charged with any duty in relation to, said records, register, ballots or other documents. 10. Any person who shall be convicted of wilfully and corruptly swearing or affirming in taking any oath or affirmation prescribed by, or upon any examination provided for in this act, shall be adjudged guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and shall be punished according to the laws of this State. 11. Every person who shall wilfully and corruptly instigate, advise, induce or procure any person to swear or affirm falsely as aforesaid, or attempt or offer so to do, shall be adjudged guilty of subornation of perjury, and shall upon conviction thereof, suffer the punishment directed by law in cases of wilful and corrupt perjury. 12. If any person shall fraudulently change or alter the ballot of any elector, or substitute one ballot for another; Or fraudulently furnish any elector with a ballot containing more than the proper number of names; Or shall intentionally practice any fraud upon any elector to induce him to deposit a ballot as his vote, and to have the same thrown out and not counted, or to have the same counted for a person or candidate other than the person or candidate for whom such elector intended to vote; Or otherwise defraud him of his vote; Every such person shall, upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a felony, and shall, if a judge of election, poll clerk or other officer of election, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less...