§ 1824Election Officers Refusing to Permit Elector to Vote in Proper Party at Primaries

Any judge, inspector or
clerk of election who refuses to permit an elector at any
primary at which ballots are used to receive the ballot of the
party with which he is enrolled, or who gives to any such
elector the ballot of any party in which he is not enrolled,
or any judge, or inspector of election, or machine inspector
who, at any primary at which voting machines are used, adjusts
any voting machine about to be used by an elector so as not to
permit him to vote for the candidates of the party in which he
is enrolled, or so as to permit him to vote for the candidates
of any party in which he is not enrolled, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor of the first degree, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding ten thousand
($10,000) dollars, or to undergo an imprisonment of not more
than five (5) years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
   (1824 amended Feb. 13, 1998, P.L.72, No.18)