Any person who shall knowingly vote at any election in more than one (1) county or at more than one (1) place in any county, municipality or other political subdivision with the intent to have more than one (1) vote counted in any election shall be guilty of the crime of multiple voting and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than five (5) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both; or in a county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Laws, 2002, ch. 590, § 2, eff. 7/22/2002 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965).Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 16, eff. 1/1/2017.
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