1. (a) A person may not willfully and knowingly:

   1. (1) impersonate a voter or other person in order to register or attempt to register in the name of the voter or other person;
   2. (2) register to vote more than once;
   3. (3) falsify residence in an attempt to register in the wrong location;
   4. (4) secure registration through any unlawful means;
   5. (5) cause by unlawful means the name of a qualified voter to be stricken from the statewide voter registration list;
   6. (6) prevent, hinder, or delay a person having a lawful right to register from registering, through the use of force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward, or offer of reward;
   7. (7) falsify any name on a registration;
   8. (8) misrepresent any fact relating to registration; or
   9. (9) induce or attempt to induce a person to violate any prohibition in items (1) through (8) of this subsection.
2. (b) A person acting under color of law may not discriminate against an individual based on the individual's declination to register to vote or voter registration information.
3. (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years or both.
4. (d) A person who violates this section is subject to § 5-106(b) of the Courts Article.

5. (e) A person who unintentionally becomes registered to vote under § 3-203 of this article:

   1. (1) shall be considered to have become registered to vote based on information provided to the State Board by an automatic voter registration agency; and
   2. (2) may not be considered to have violated this section because of the unintended registration.

Added as Art. 33, § 16-101, by Acts 1998, c. 585, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Transferred to Election Law § 16-101 by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003; Acts 2005, c. 572, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2018, c. 19, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.

Formerly Art. 33, § 16-101.