SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                         911

24-20. Fraudulent certificates or endorsements.

Whoever shall falsely make or fraudulently deface or fraudulently
destroy any certificate of candidacy or certificate of nomination or
any part thereof, or file any such certificate, knowing the same or
any part thereof to be falsely made, or suppress any certificate of
candidacy or certificate of nomination which has been duly filed,
or any part thereof, or forge or falsely make the official endorsement
on any ballot shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hun-
dred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or
by imprisonment in jail for a period not exceeding three years, or
by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

24-21. Removal or destruction of equipment.

Whoever shall, during any election, remove or destroy any of the
equipment, supplies or other conveniences placed in the polling places,
or shall during such election remove, tear down or deface any of
the cards, diagrams, ballot slips, or specimen ballots printed for the
instruction of voters, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in jail for a period
not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.

24-22. Offenses as to ballots and balloting in general.

(a)    The following offenses shall be misdemeanors and punishable
under the provisions of this section, for any person except as in this
Article otherwise provided:

(1)    To allow his ballot to be seen by any person with the appar-
ent intention of letting it be known how he is about to vote; or

(2)    To place any distinguishing mark upon his ballot; or

(3)    To make a false statement as to his inability to mark his
ballot, or to operate a voting machine; or

(4)    To interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when
inside the enclosed space in the polling room, or when marking his
ballot, or when operating a voting machine; or

(5)    To endeavor to induce any voter when inside the enclosed
space in the polling room before voting to show how he marks or has
marked his ballot; or

(6)    Between the time of the opening and the closing of the polls,
to open the door or other covering concealing the counters of any
voting machine, except as provided by Sec. 16-11 (G) of this Article.

(b)    Violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in jail for a
period not exceeding sixty days, or by both fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the court.

24-23. Defacing and illegal possession of ballots; illegal
electioneering.

(a) The following offenses shall be punished as in this section
provided. For any person:

(1) Wilfully to destroy or deface any ballot or to take or remove
any ballot outside of the enclosure provided for voting, before the
close of the polls; or