{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-17-116","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Election Law § 17-116","heading":"Removal, mutilation or destruction of election booths, supplies, poll-lists or cards of instruction","body":"§ 17-116. Removal, mutilation or destruction of election booths,\nsupplies, poll-lists or cards of instruction. Any person who:\n  1. During the election, wilfully defaces or injures a voting booth or\ncompartment, or wilfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or\nother conveniences placed in the voting booths or compartments in\npursuance of law; or,\n  2. Before the closing of the polls, wilfully defaces or destroys any\nlist of candidates to be voted for such an election posted in accordance\nwith the election law; or,\n  3. During an election, wilfully removes or defaces the cards for the\ninstruction of voters, posted in accordance with this chapter, is guilty\nof a misdemeanor.","path":["Election Law","Article 17. Protecting the Elective Franchise","Title 1. Violations of the Elective Franchise"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ELN/17-116","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"e81e76d80059d80c179ec8ba165f0cb8379fe27ebef475b5257d2bded6a390e7","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-17-114","next":"us-ny/n.y.-election-law-17-118"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}