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H. B. 2157

 

                        (By Delegate Lane)

                        [Introduced January 20, 2015; referred to the

                        Committee on the Judiciary.]

 

 

 

 

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-9-14, relating to absentee ballot fraud, intimidation of voters; and providing felony criminal penalties.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §3-9-14, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 9. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.

§3-9-14. Absentee ballot fraud; intimidation of voters; penalties.

            Any person who, with the intent to commit fraud, obtains, removes, completes or disseminates an absentee ballot or intimidates an absentee voter, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $10,000 nor more than $20,000 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility not less than one nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.

            For the purposes of this section, each ballot obtained is a separate offense.

 

            NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that absentee ballot fraud or intimidation of voters is a felony.


            §3-9-14 is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.

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