California · Elections Code
ELEC §18500: Any person who commits fraud or attempts to commit fraud, and any person who aids or abets fraud or attempts to aid or abet fraud, in connection with any vote cast, to be cast, or attempted to be cast
Felony
What this law says, in plain English
Committing or aiding fraud connected to voting is a felony punishable by 16 months to three years imprisonment.
Read the full statutory text
Any person who commits fraud or attempts to commit fraud, and any person who aids or abets fraud or attempts to aid or abet fraud, in connection with any vote cast, to be cast, or attempted to be cast, is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for 16 months or two or three years.
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