(a)(1) The Attorney General shall establish and publish procedures to receive complaints concerning violations of election law.(2) The procedures shall include the operation of a toll-free hotline and may include procedures to receive written complaints through the mail, email, or fax.(3) Knowingly filing a false claim of a violation of election law is a Class A misdemeanor punishable under § 7-1-103(c).(b)(1) The State Board of Election Commissioners shall report all complaints received through the election law violation hotline to the Joint Performance Review Committee in the report required under § 7-4-304.(2) The report may contain preliminary findings by the State Board of Election Commissioners as to the validity of the complaint if the full investigation is not complete.Added by Act 2023, No. 544,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2023.
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