25-4612. Optical scanning equipment fraud; penalty. - Kansas Statutes

25-4612

Chapter 25.--ELECTIONS Article 46.--OPTICAL SCANNING SYSTEMS TO COUNT VOTES

      25-4612.   Optical scanning equipment fraud;penalty.Optical scanning equipment fraud is:

      (a) Being in unlawful or unauthorized possession of ballots, opticalscanning equipment, computer programs, operatingsystems, firmware orsoftware; or

      (b)   intentionally tampering with, altering, disarranging,defacing, impairingor destroying any optical scanning equipment or component part thereof,or any ballot, operating system, firmware or software used by a system.

      Optical scanning equipment fraud is a severity level 9,nonperson felony.

      History:   L. 1982, ch. 158, § 12;L. 1993, ch. 291, § 216;L. 2007, ch. 125, § 32; July 1.