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Cal. Elec. Code § 18566 — Corruption of Voting

Cal. Elec. Code § 18566

Type
Statute
Source
California Elections Code
Jurisdiction
California
Date
2011-04-04
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

Every person is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years who:

Citator

Cal. Elec. Code § 18566 — Corruption of Voting is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

Every person is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years who:

(a) Forges or counterfeits returns of an election purported to have been held at a precinct where no election was in fact held.

(b) Willfully substitutes forged or counterfeit returns of election in the place of true returns for a precinct where an election was actually held.