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Pennsylvania · Through 2024-03-06 (Statute Update stamp, 25 Pa.C.S.)

25 Pa.C.S. § 1704: Altering registration.

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  1. Title 25 - ELECTIONS
  2. PART IV VOTER REGISTRATION
  3. CHAPTER 17 PENALTIES

(a) Prohibition.--No registrar, commissioner, clerk or assistant or commission employee may do any of the following:

(1) Intentionally insert or permit to be inserted an entry in a registration record without a proper application under this part or without requiring the proper evidence of the right of the applicant to be registered.

(2) Intentionally materially alter a registration record after the entries have been made unless the alteration is in accordance with this part. This paragraph does not apply to an alteration pursuant to an order of a court of common pleas or of a commission.

(b) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

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