§ 18566
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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.