§ 3599.33Fraudulent marking or altering ballots or election records

No person, from the time ballots are cast or counted until the time has expired for using them as
evidence in a recount or contest of election, shall willfully and with fraudulent intent make any mark
or alteration on any ballot; or inscribe, write, or cause to be inscribed or written in or upon a
registration form or list, pollbook, tally sheet, or list, lawfully made or kept at an election, or in or
upon a book or paper purporting to be such, or upon an election return, or upon a book or paper
containing such return the name of a person not entitled to vote at such election or not voting thereat,
or a fictitious name, or, within such time, wrongfully change, alter, erase, or tamper with a name,
word, or figure contained in such pollbook, tally sheet, list, book, or paper; or falsify, mark, or write
thereon with intent to defeat, hinder, or prevent a fair expression of the will of the people at such
election.


Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.




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