Sec. 9-364a. (Formerly Sec. 9-344). Acts prohibited in elections, primaries, referenda, caucuses and conventions. Penalties. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 9-364a. (Formerly Sec. 9-344). Acts prohibited in elections, primaries, referenda, caucuses and conventions. Penalties. Any person who influences or attempts to influence by force or threat the vote, or by force, threat, bribery or corrupt means, the speech, of any person in a primary, caucus, referendum convention or election; or wilfully and fraudulently suppresses or destroys any vote or ballot properly given or cast or, in counting such votes or ballots, wilfully miscounts or misrepresents the number thereof; and any presiding or other officer of a primary, caucus or convention who wilfully announces the result of a ballot or vote of such primary, caucus or convention, untruly and wrongfully, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1162; 1953, S. 821d; P.A. 74-189, S. 10, 24; P.A. 81-467, S. 7, 8; P.A. 82-176, S. 2, 3.)

      History: P.A. 74-189 added "referendum" to subject matter of prohibited influences or attempts, changed penalty from a fine between $25 and $100 to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year of both; in 1977 Sec. 9-344 transferred to Sec. 9-364a; P.A. 81-467 deleted reference to voting more than once or casting more than one ballot at a time; P.A. 82-176 added words "or election".