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N.Y. Election Law § 17-160: Procuring fraudulent documents in order to vote

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  1. Election Law
  2. Article 17. Protecting the Elective Franchise
  3. Title 1. Violations of the Elective Franchise

§ 17-160. Procuring fraudulent documents in order to vote. 1. Any

person who knowingly and wilfully procures from any court, judge, clerk

or other officer, any document with intent to enable himself or any

other person to register for or vote at any election when he or such

other person is not entitled to exercise the elective franchise; or

2. Any person who knowingly and wilfully presents to any election

officer for the purpose of having himself or any other person placed

upon any list or registry of voters or for the purpose of enabling

himself or any other person to vote at any election, any false document,

is guilty of a felony.

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