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§ 3524. Election officers refusing to permit elector to vote in proper party at primaries

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 25 P.S. Elections & Electoral Districts

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
25 P.S. § 3524
§ 3524. Election officers refusing to permit elector to vote in proper party at primaries
Any judge, inspector or clerk of election who refuses to permit an elector at any primary at which ballots are used to receive the ballot of the party with which he is enrolled, or who gives to any such elector the ballot of any party in which he is not enrolled, or any judge, or inspector of election, or machine inspector who, at any primary at which voting machines are used, adjusts any voting machine about to be used by an elector so as not to permit him to vote for the candidates of the party in which he is enrolled, or so as to permit him to vote for the candidates of any party in which he is not enrolled, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, or to undergo an imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

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1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, No. 320, art. XVIII, § 1824. Amended 1998, Feb. 13, P.L. 72, No. 18, § 18, imd. effective.
25 P.S. § 3524, PA ST 25 P.S. § 3524
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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