Any voter or elector of this Commonwealth wilfully voting or attempting to vote at any primary election in violation of the provisions of this act, or any election officer wilfully receiving or conspiring to receive the vote of any elector casting the ballot, as an elector of any political party, not qualified as a member of said party under the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, and a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or either or both, in the discretion of the court.