RS 14:133.1.1

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RS 14:133.1.1

§133.1.1. Election fraud or forgery

A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally:

(1)Vote or attempt to vote more than once in an election.

(2)Vote or attempt to vote, knowing that the person is not qualified, or influence or attempt to influence another to vote, knowing that voter to be unqualified or the vote to be fraudulent.

(3)Register, vote, or attempt to register or vote in the name of another or in an assumed or fictitious name, or in any manner other than as provided in the Louisiana Election Code.

(4)Forge the name of another or use a fictitious name on an affidavit or document required by the Louisiana Election Code.

(5)Procure or submit voter registration applications that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent.

(6)Forge, alter, add to, deface, take, destroy, or remove from proper custodial care any book, card, record, voter registration application, election return, nomination papers, withdrawals of candidacy, election supplies, election paraphernalia, or any affidavit or other document required or provided for under the provisions of the Louisiana Election Code, unless required to be removed by a court of competent jurisdiction for inspection and photostatic copying for the court record.

(7)Have in his possession an official ballot in violation of any provision of the Louisiana Election Code.

(8)Have in his possession the registration certificate of another with intent to violate any provision of the Louisiana Election Code.

(9)For purposes other than fulfilling the person's duties relative to registration of voters as provided by law, copy or reproduce a voter registration application that has been submitted by an applicant.

B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both, for the first offense. On a second offense or any subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.

Acts 2024, No. 350, §1.