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Session Laws, 1896 Session
Volume 475, Page 377   View pdf image (33K)
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LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

name not his own; or shall register in two election precincts ;
or having registered in one precinct shall attempt or offer to
register in another; or shall fraudulently register or attempt or
offer to register in any election precinct, not having a legal right
to register therein; or shall knowingly or wilfully do any unlaw-
ful act to secure registration for himself or any other person ;
or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently, by false persona-
tion or otherwise, or by any unlawful means cause or procure,
or attempt to cause or procure, the name of any qualified voter
in any election precinct to be erased or stricken, as in this article
provided, from any registry of the voters of such precinct made
in pursuance of this article or otherwise; or by force, threat,
menace, intimidation, bribery, reward or offer or promise thereof,
or other unlawful means prevent, hinder or delay any person
having a lawful right to register or be registered from duly ex-
ercising such right; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently
compel or induce, or attempt to offer to compel or induce by
such means or by any unlawful means any officer of registra-
tion in any election precinct to register, or attempt to register,
any person not lawfully entitled to registration in such pre-
cinct; or to register any false, assumed or fictitious name, or
any name of any person, except as provided in this article; or
shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently interfere with, hinder
or delay any officer of registration in the discharge of his duties;
or counsel, advise or induce, or attempt to induce any such
officer to refuse or neglect to comply with or perform his duties,
or to violate any law prescribed for regulating the same; or
shall aid, counsel, procure or advise any voter, person or officer

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of registration to do any act by law forbidden, or in this article
constituting an offense, or to omit to do any act by law directed
to be done, every such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by imprisonment in jail or in the penitentiary for not
less than six months nor more than five years.

Penalty.

83. If at any election hereafter held in any city or county,
any person shall falsely personate any voter or other person,
and vote or attempt or offer to vote in or upon the name of
such voter or other person, or shall vote or attempt to vote in
or upon the name of any other person, whether living or dead,
or in or upon any false, assumed or fictitious name, or in or
upon any name not his own, or shall knowingly, wilfully or
fraudulently vote more than once for any candidate for the
same office, except as authorized by law; or shall vote or
attempt or offer to vote in any election precinct without hav-
ing a legal right to vote therein; or shall vote more than once,

Unlawfully
voting, etc.



 
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