Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 3168 – Stealing, destroying or falsifying registration records; penalty
(a) Whoever, being an inspector of any primary election, clerk or other officer or person having the custody of any registration records, oaths, return of votes, certificates, poll lists or any paper, document or evidence of any description in this chapter directed to be made, filed or preserved, steals, wilfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, falsifies or fraudulently removes or secretes the whole or any part thereof, or fraudulently makes any entry, erasure or alteration therein, except as allowed and directed by this chapter, or permits any other person to do so, shall, for every such offense, be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 3168
- Clerk: means clerk of election. 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.
- Inspector: means inspector of elections. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
- Primary election: means an election at which voters registered as members of a major political party may vote to determine the nominees of that political party for the general election. See Delaware Code Title 15 Sec. 101
(b) Whoever, other than an officer mentioned in subsection (a) of this section, commits any of the acts specified in such subsection (a) or advises, procures or abets the commission of the same shall, for every such offense, be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
20 Del. Laws, c. 393, §§ ?16, 17; 27 Del. Laws, c. 66, § ?1; Code 1915, §§ ?1690, 1691; Code 1935, §§ ?1778, 1779; 45 Del. Laws, c. 150, § ?4; 15 Del. C. 1953, § ?3170; 50 Del. Laws, c. 426, § ?4;