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§ 3553. Violations of provisions relating to absentee and mail-in ballots

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral DistrictsEffective: March 27, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral Districts (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 14. Election Code (Refs & Annos)
Article XVIII. Penalties
Effective: March 27, 2020
25 P.S. § 3553
§ 3553. Violations of provisions relating to absentee and mail-in ballots
If any person shall sign an application for absentee ballot, mail-in ballot or declaration of elector on the forms prescribed knowing any matter declared therein to be false, or shall vote any ballot other than one properly issued to the person, or vote or attempt to vote more than once in any election for which an absentee ballot or mail-in ballot shall have been issued to the person, or shall violate any other provisions of Article XIII1 or Article XIII-D2 of this act, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding (2) years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
If any chief clerk or member of a board of elections, member of a return board or member of a board of registration commissioners, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties prescribed by Article XIII or Article XIII-D of this act, or shall reveal or divulge any of the details of any ballot cast in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII or Article XIII-D of this act, or shall count an absentee ballot or mail-in ballot knowing the same to be contrary to Article XIII or Article XIII-D, or shall reject an absentee ballot or mail-in ballot without reason to believe that the same is contrary to Article XIII or Article XIII-D, or shall permit an elector to cast the elector's ballot at a polling place knowing that there has been issued to the elector an absentee ballot, the elector shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding seven (7) years, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Credits

1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, No. 320, Art. XVIII, § 1853, added 1960, Jan. 8, P.L. (1959) 2135, § 3. Amended 1963, Aug. 13, P.L. 707, § 25, effective Jan. 1, 1964; 1998, Feb. 13, P.L. 72, No. 18, § 21, imd. effective; 2020, March 27, P.L. 41, No. 12, § 15.1, imd. effective.

Footnotes

25 P.S. § 3146.1 et seq.
25 P.S. § 3150.11 et seq.
25 P.S. § 3553, PA ST 25 P.S. § 3553
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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