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one year, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of
the court.

1896, ch. 202.

102. Whoever shall, except as in this article otherwise pro-
vided, allow his ballot to be seen by any person with the
apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about to
vote, or place any distinguishing mark upon his ballot, or who
shall make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot,
or who shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter
when inside the enclosed space in the polling-room, or when
marking his ballot, or who shall endeavor to induce any voter
before voting to show how he marks or has marked his ballot,
shall be punished by fine of not less than five dollars ($5) nor
more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment in jail
for a period not exceeding sixty days, or by both fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

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Ibid.

103. Whoever shall wilfully destroy or deface any ballot, or
shall take or remove any ballot outside of the enclosure provided
for voting, before the close of the polls, or wilfully delay the
delivery of any ballot, or who shall, on or before any day of
election, have or retain in his possession any official ballot printed
for said election or any imitation thereof save and excepting
when such possession by him is necessary or appropriate and
designed for the purpose of carrying out the true intent and
meaning of this law, or who shall canvass or electioneer in said
polling place or within one hundred feet distant from the same,
or who shall hold any tickets or fac-simile tickets or papers pur-
porting to be tickets, either in said polling place or within said
distance from the same, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars
($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500, ) or shall be
imprisoned in jail a period not exceeding sixty days, or shall be
subject to both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
court.

Ibid.

104. Whoever, during the hours of registration or revision
of registration or during the hours of election or canvass of