Unlawful possession of keys consists of the possession at any time of any key to a voting machine, ballot box or monitored secured container, or possession of an imitation or duplicate thereof, or making or causing to be made any imitation or duplicate thereof, unless authorized by the Election Code. Whoever commits unlawful possession of keys is guilty of a fourth degree felony. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-20-5, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 431; 2023, ch. 39, § 80. The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, revised the definition of the crime of unlawful possession of keys; and after "ballot box", added "or monitored secured container".
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