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other conveniences placed in the booths or compartments in
this Article described for the purpose of enabling the voter
to prepare his ballot, or shall during such election remove,
tear down or deface any of the cards, diagrams or specimen
ballots printed for the instruction of voters shall be punished
by a fine of not less than five ($5. 00) dollars nor more than
five hundred ($500. 00) dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for
a period not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the court.

184. Whoever shall, except as in this Article otherwise pro-
vided, allow his ballot to be seen by any person with the ap-
parent 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 to operate a voting machine, or who shall interfere
or attempt to interfere with any voter when inside the en-
closed space in the polling-room, or when marking his ballot,
or when operating a voting machine, or who shall endeavor
to induce any voter before voting to show how he marks or
has marked his ballot, or shall, between the time of the open-
ing and the closing of the polls, open the door or other covering
concealing the counters of any voting machine, except as pro-
vided by Section 86(e) of this Article, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than five ($5. 00) dollars nor more than one
hundred ($100. 00) dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for a
period not exceeding sixty days, or by both fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the court.

185. Whoever shall wilfully destroy or deface any ballot
or shall take or remove any ballot outside of the inclosure pro-
vided for voting, before the close of the polls, or wilfully de-
lay the delivery of any ballot, or who shall on or before the
day of any general, special or primary election have or retain
in his possession any official ballot printed for said election
or any imitation thereof save and excepting when such pos-
session 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 facsimile 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
($50. 00) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500. 00) dollars,
or shall be imprisoned in jail for not exceeding sixty days, or
shall be subject to both fine and imprisonment in the discre-
tion of the court.

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