Minor breaches. The following breaches shall be subject to a fine, unless a more severe penalty is prescribed under other Acts: a. if a municipal council, electoral commission, early voting presiding officer or a public official deliberately conducts the prescribed implementation of this Act in an unlawful manner or neglects such implementation, b. if a person stands for election as an MP, municipal councillor or the President of Iceland knowing that he or she is not eligible for election, c. if a person stands for election on more than one candidate list, d. if a voter deliberately spoils his or her ballot when voting during a polling session or when casting an early vote, e. if a person surreptitiously observes how a voter is voting, or has voted, g. if a person deliberately fails to deliver a postal ballot entrusted to him or her, or deliberately delays the sending of ballots and election materials, d. if a person gives inaccurate or misleading information about him- or herself or other persons, such as the name, age, residence in Iceland, address or other details, which leads, or could lead, to the inclusion of a person on an electoral register who is not entitled to be on it, or the non-inclusion, or removal, of a person from an electoral register who is entitled to be on it, or someone being made to vote instead of another person who is on the electoral register; this applies particularly to cases where someone claims, without proper reason, to be domiciled in a constituency merely in order to be included on the electoral register there, providing that no more severe punishment is prescribed under other provisions of this Act or under other Acts, h. if a person gives misleading instructions on voting procedure, i. if an electoral commission member or early voting presiding officer surreptitiously observes how a voter is voting, or has voted, or deliberately gives misleading instructions on voting procedure, j. if an electoral commission member, early voting presiding officer or a voter’s assistant who provides assistance divulges how a voter he or she assisted voted, k. if an electoral commission member, early voting presiding officer or a person who has undertaken to transport voting materials delays their reaching their destination, l. if a person makes it difficult for anyone to attend a polling session or early voting, m. if a person casts votes at two locations in the same election or referendum, n. if a person offers money or other benefits to someone, or promises someone money or other benefits, in order to influence whether, or how, he or she votes, or if a person deprives someone of employment or other benefits, or threatens to do so, for the same purpose, o. if a person accepts money or other benefits in return for casting a vote, not voting or voting in a particular manner, p. if a voter’s assistant under Article 74 or 89 assists more than three voters at the same election.
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