Md. Code Ann., Elec. Law § 16-601
False certificates, statements, or reports
Effective Jan 1, 2003Added as Art. 33, § 16-601, by Acts 1998, c. 585, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Transferred to Election Law § 16-601 by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.State of Maryland
(a) An election judge or other election official may not willfully and knowingly:
- (1) make, sign, publish, or deliver a false certificate or statement of the result of the election or any other false report of any kind; or
- (2) deface, destroy, or conceal any statement, tally, certificate, or other document entrusted to the official's care and custody.
- (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years.
Added as Art. 33, § 16-601, by Acts 1998, c. 585, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Transferred to Election Law § 16-601 by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.
Formerly Art. 33, § 16-601.