§ 17-102. Misdemeanors at, or in connection with, primary elections,\ncaucuses, enrollment in political parties, committees, and conventions.\nAny person who:\n 1. At a primary election or caucus of a party, wilfully votes, or\nattempts to vote, without being entitled to do so, or votes, or attempts\nto vote under any other name than his own or on the same day more than\nonce under his own name; or,\n 2. Votes, or offers to vote, at a primary election or caucus of a\nparty, having voted at the primary election or caucus of any other\npolitical party on the same day, or being at the time enrolled in a\nparty other than the party at whose primary or caucus he votes or offers\nto vote; or, who causes his name to be placed upon the rolls of a party\norganization of one party while his name is by his consent or\nprocurement upon the rolls of a party organization of another party; or,\n 3. At a primary election or caucus, for the purpose of affecting the\nresult thereof, votes or attempts to vote two or more ballots, or adds,\nor attempts to add, any ballot to those lawfully cast, by fraudulently\nintroducing the same into the ballot box before or after the ballots\ntherein have been counted, or who adds to or mixes with, or attempts to\nadd to or mix with, the ballots lawfully cast, another ballot or other\nballots before the votes have been counted or canvassed, or while the\nvotes are being counted or canvassed; or at any time abstracts any\nballots lawfully cast, with intent to change the result of such election\nor to change the count thereat in favor of or against any person voted\nfor at such election, or to prevent the ballots being recounted or used\nas evidence; or carries away, destroys, loses, conceals, detains,\nsecretes, mutilates, or attempts to carry away, destroy, conceal,\ndetain, secrete, or mutilate, any tally lists, ballots, ballot boxes,\nenrollment books, certificates of return, or any official documents\nprovided for by the election law or otherwise by law, for the purpose of\naffecting or invalidating the result of such election, or of destroying\nevidence; or in any manner interferes with the officers holding any\nprimary election or conducting the canvass of the votes cast thereat, or\nwith voters lawfully exercising, or seeking to exercise, their right of\nvoting at such primary election; or,\n 4. For the purpose of securing enrollment as a member of a political\nparty, or for the purpose of being allowed to vote at a primary election\nor caucus as a member of a political party makes, deposits or files with\na board of inspectors, or with any public officer or board, a false\ndeclaration of party affiliation or wilfully makes a false declaration\nof residence, either by an enrollment blank or otherwise, or falsely\nanswers any pertinent question asked him by the board of election\ninspectors, or by a member thereof; or,\n 5. Fraudulently or wrongfully does any act tending to affect the\nresult of any primary election, caucus or convention; or,\n 6. Induces or attempts to induce any poll clerk, election inspector,\nelection coordinator, or officer, clerk or employee of the board of\nelections discharging any duty or performing any act required or made\nnecessary by the election law at a primary election or in connection\nwith the registration or enrollment of voters, to do any act in\nviolation of his duty or in violation of the election law; or,\n 7. Directly or indirectly, by himself or through any other person,\npays, or offers to pay, money or other valuable thing, or promises a\nplace or position, or offers any other consideration or makes any other\npromise, to any person, to induce any voter to vote, or refrain from\nvoting, at a primary election or caucus, or convention, for or against\nany particular person; or does or offers to do, anything to hinder or\ndelay any elector from taking part in or voting at a primary election or\ncaucus; or,\n 8. By menace or other unlawful or corrupt means,
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