Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5141 – Stealing or destroying ballot box, ballot, poll list; penalty
Whoever, not being an election officer:
(1) Steals or wilfully breaks or destroys any ballot box used or intended to be used at any election; or
(2) Wilfully or fraudulently conceals, secretes or removes any ballot box from the custody of the election officers; or
(3) Alters, defaces, injures, destroys or conceals any ballot or envelope which has been deposited in any ballot box at such election or any poll list used or intended to be used at such election or any report, return, certificate or other evidence in this title required or provided for;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 5141
- Ballot: means those portions of cardboard, paper or other material to be placed within the ballot frames of a voting machine or to be used for absentee voting in order to list the names of the offices to be voted for, the name of each candidate and the designation of the party by which the candidate is nominated, a space for the voter to write in the name of any candidate of that voter's choice for any office, and the statement of any question submitted with provision for a "yes" or "no" vote. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Election officers: means the inspector of election, the 2 judges of election and the clerks of election who are appointed for each election district under § 4702 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
19 Del. Laws, c. 39, § ?49; 27 Del. Laws, c. 65; Code 1915, § ?1808; Code 1935, § ?1897; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?5143;