Louisiana § RS 18:1461.6 - Election offenses involving tampering with election equipment; penalties
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§ RS 18:1461.6. Election offenses involving tampering with election equipment; penalties
A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally:
(1) Prior to an election, during transit to a polling place, during early voting, during election day voting or while in storage awaiting certification of election results, with intent to defraud, tamper with any voting equipment so as to attempt to influence the accurate and timely reporting of election results.
(2) Unlawfully, directly or indirectly, possess, tamper with, break, impair, impede, or otherwise interfere with the maintenance, adjustment, delivery, use, or operation of any voting machine or part thereof or with any of the paraphernalia connected with or appertaining thereto.
B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.
Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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