§ 1852Persons Convicted of Violating Act to Be Disfranchised for Four Years

Any person convicted of the
willful violation of any provision of this act shall, in
addition to any of the penalties herein provided for, be
deprived of the right of suffrage absolutely for a term of four
years from the date of his conviction, and it shall be the duty
of the proper registration commission to cause one of its
members at the request of the trial judge to produce in court
at the time of sentence the district register containing the
registration card of such convicted person, which registration
card shall thereupon be forthwith cancelled in open court in
the presence of the convicted person by a member of the
registration commission, who shall promptly also cancel the
registration card of such convicted person in the general
register.
   Section 1853. Violations of Provisions Relating to Absentee
and Mail-in Ballots.--If any person shall sign an application
for absentee ballot, mail-in ballot or declaration of elector
on the forms prescribed knowing any matter declared therein to
be false, or shall vote any ballot other than one properly
issued to the person, or vote or attempt to vote more than once
in any election for which an absentee ballot or mail-in ballot
shall have been issued to the person, or shall violate any other
provisions of Article XIII or Article XIII-D of this act, the
person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree,
and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not
exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or be
imprisoned for a term not exceeding two (2) years, or both, at
the discretion of the court.
   If any chief clerk or member of a board of elections, member
of a return board or member of a board of registration
commissioners, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the

duties prescribed by Article XIII or Article XIII-D of this
act, or shall reveal or divulge any of the details of any ballot
cast in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII or
Article XIII-D of this act, or shall count an absentee ballot
or mail-in ballot knowing the same to be contrary to Article
XIII or Article XIII-D, or shall reject an absentee ballot or
mail-in ballot without reason to believe that the same is
contrary to Article XIII or Article XIII-D, or shall permit an
elector to cast the elector's ballot at a polling place knowing
that there has been issued to the elector an absentee ballot,
the elector shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree,
and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or be imprisoned for a term
not exceeding seven (7) years, or both, at the discretion of
the court.
   (1853 amended Mar. 27, 2020, P.L.41, No.12)