N.Y. Election Law § 17-116: Removal, mutilation or destruction of election booths, supplies, poll-lists or cards of instruction
Where this section sits in the code
- Election Law
- Article 17. Protecting the Elective Franchise
- Title 1. Violations of the Elective Franchise
§ 17-116. Removal, mutilation or destruction of election booths,
supplies, poll-lists or cards of instruction. Any person who:
1. During the election, wilfully defaces or injures a voting booth or
compartment, or wilfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or
other conveniences placed in the voting booths or compartments in
pursuance of law; or,
2. Before the closing of the polls, wilfully defaces or destroys any
list of candidates to be voted for such an election posted in accordance
with the election law; or,
3. During an election, wilfully removes or defaces the cards for the
instruction of voters, posted in accordance with this chapter, is guilty
of a misdemeanor.
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