Any person who shall knowingly procure his or any person's registration as a qualified elector, when the person whose registration is being procured is not entitled to be registered as such, or under a false name, or as a qualified elector in any other election precinct than that in which he or she resides, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for a term not to exceed five (5) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both. Codes, 1880, § 113; 1892, § 1042; 1906, § 1120; Hemingway's 1917, § 846; 1930, § 871; 1942, § 2097. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 10, eff. 1/1/2017. Any person who shall knowingly procure his or any person's registration as a qualified elector, when the person whose registration is being procured is not entitled to be registered as such, or under a false name, or as a qualified elector in any other election precinct than that in which he or she resides, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for a term not to exceed five (5) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both. Codes, 1880, § 113; 1892, § 1042; 1906, § 1120; Hemingway's 1917, § 846; 1930, § 871; 1942, § 2097. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 10, eff. 1/1/2017. Any person who shall knowingly procure his or any person's registration as a qualified elector, when the person whose registration is being procured is not entitled to be registered as such, or under a false name, or as a qualified elector in any other election precinct than that in which he or she resides, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for a term not to exceed five (5) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both. Codes, 1880, § 113; 1892, § 1042; 1906, § 1120; Hemingway's 1917, § 846; 1930, § 871; 1942, § 2097. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 10, eff. 1/1/2017. Any person who shall knowingly procure his or any person's registration as a qualified elector, when the person whose registration is being procured is not entitled to be registered as such, or under a false name, or as a qualified elector in any other election precinct than that in which he or she resides, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for a term not to exceed five (5) years, or be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both. Codes, 1880, § 113; 1892, § 1042; 1906, § 1120; Hemingway's 1917, § 846; 1930, § 871; 1942, § 2097.
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