N.Y. Election Law § 17-108: False affidavits; mutilation, destruction or loss of registry list or affidavits

§ 17-108. False affidavits; mutilation, destruction or loss of

registry list or affidavits. 1. Any person who wilfully loses, alters,

destroys or mutilates the list of voters or registration poll ledgers in

any election district, or a certified copy thereof, is guilty of a

misdemeanor.

2. An applicant for registration who shall make, incorporate or cause

to be incorporated a material false statement in an application for

registration, or in any challenge or other affidavit required for or

made or filed in connection with registration or voting, and any person

who knowingly takes a false oath before a board of inspectors of

election, and any person who makes a material false statement in a

medical certificate or an affidavit filed in connection with an

application for registration, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. A person who shall wilfully suppress, mutilate or alter, or, except

as authorized by this chapter, shall destroy, any signed challenge or

other affidavit required for or made or filed in connection with

registration or voting, and any person who, except as authorized by this

chapter, shall remove such an affidavit from the place of registration

or polling place, is guilty of a felony.

4. A person other than the applicant who, prior to the filing of the

application, shall willfully suppress, mutilate, materially alter, or,

except as authorized by this chapter, destroy a signed application for

registration by mail, is guilty of a misdemeanor.