California · Elections Code

ELEC §18577: Any person having charge of a completed vote by mail ballot who willfully interferes or causes interference with its return to the local elections official having jurisdiction over the election is gui

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who intentionally interferes with returning a completed mail-in ballot to election officials commits a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail, a fine up to $10,000, or both.

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Any person having charge of a completed vote by mail ballot who willfully interferes or causes interference with its return to the local elections official having jurisdiction over the election is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.

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