Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2302 – Wrongful registration; assault; riot; breach of peace; penalty
Whoever causes or attempts to cause himself or herself to be registered in:
(1) The name of any other person living or dead or under any fictitious name; or
(2) Any election district in this State, knowing that he or she has not the right to be registered; or
(3) Whoever, knowing himself or herself to be registered in any election district in this State, causes or attempts to cause himself or herself to be registered in any other election district in this State without having first caused that person’s own record to be removed from the Election District Record in which that person’s original permanent registration record may have been previously entered; or
(4) Whoever, knowing himself or herself to be disqualified as a voter at the next following general election, causes or attempts to cause himself or herself to be entered in the Election District Record in any election district in this State as a registered voter therein or unlawfully interferes with any registrar, alternate registrar or assistant registrar in the discharge of his or her duties under this title; or
(5) Whoever makes any assault or commits any assault and battery or incites or creates any riot or breach of the peace at or near to any place of registration in this State during the sitting of any registration officers;
shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $200 or imprisoned not less than 30 days or more than 2 years or both.
19 Del. Laws, c. 38, § ?21; 21 Del. Laws, c. 36, § ?24; Code 1915, § ?1645; 34 Del. Laws, c. 106, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?1732; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?2302; 50 Del. Laws, c. 170, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 2302
- Registration officers: means the registrar, assistant registrar and alternate registrars appointed by the Department as defined in this section. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Registration record: means a voter's registration record maintained in the State's Election Management System, the list or file of registered voters sent to each election district for use by election officers on the day of the election, and until determined obsolete, it also applies to a voter's record maintained in the county master file. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302