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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 291
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(3) Misrepresent any fact for the purpose of inducing another person to
sign or not to sign any petition;
(4) Sign the name of any other person to a petition;
(5) Falsify any signature or purported signature to a petition;
(6) Obtain, or attempt to obtain, any signature to a petition by fraud,
duress, or force;
(7) Circulate, cause to be circulated, or file with an election authority a
petition that contains any false, forged, or fictitious signatures;
(8) Sign a petition that the person is not legally qualified to sign;
(9) Sign a petition more than once; or
(10) Alter any petition after it is filed with the election authority.
(b) Each violation of this section shall be considered a separate offense.
(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject
to the penalties provided in Subtitle 10 of this title.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 16-401.
No changes are made.
Subtitle 5. Oaths.
16-501.
(a) A person may not willfully and falsely take an oath or affirmation
prescribed:
(1) By the State Board; or
(2) Pursuant to this article.
(b) A person may not willfully induce or procure, or offer to induce or procure,
another person to willfully and falsely take an oath or affirmation prescribed:
(1) By the State Board; or
(2) Pursuant to this article.
(c) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of perjury
and shall be punished according to the laws of the State for perjury.
(d) Any person who violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of
subornation of perjury and shall be punished according to the laws of the State for
subornation of perjury.
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REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 16-501.
No changes are made.
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