{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-353","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-353","heading":"False statement, certificate or return.","body":"Any election official who, at the close of the polls, purposely causes the vote registered on the tabulator to be incorrectly taken down as to any candidate or proposition voted on, or who knowingly causes to be made or signed any false statement, certificate or return of any kind, of such vote, or who knowingly consents to any such act, shall be guilty of a class D felony.","path":["TITLE 9. ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 151. ELECTIONS: PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_151.htm#sec_9-353","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:06:57Z","sha256":"8084be80f8af6f0e1a31fa79e92c4879a8f3ad7ab3cff31e055d9246aea12aff","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-352","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-9-354"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}