California · Elections Code

ELEC §18566: 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

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a felony by forging or counterfeiting election returns, or substituting forged returns for authentic ones, punishable by 2–4 years imprisonment.

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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.

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