1-1-29. Under color of law.
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As used in the Election Code, "under color of law" means acting or purporting to act in the performance of official duties, under the authority of a statute, ordinance, regulation, proclamation or order of the United States or this state.
History: 1978 Comp., § 1-1-29, enacted by Laws 2026, ch. 58, § 1.