§ La. R.S. 18:1461.7(untitled)

Miscellaneous election offenses; penalties
A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally:
(1) Fail to submit to the parish registrar of voters a completed registration application collected
through a third-party voter registration drive within thirty days of receipt of the completed application from
the applicant or no later than the date provided in R.S. 18:135(A)(1), whichever occurs first.
(2) As a voter, election official, watcher, or person assisting a voter, allow a ballot to be seen, except
as provided by law; announce the manner in which a person has cast his ballot; place a distinguishing mark
on a ballot with intent to make the ballot identifiable, or make a false statement concerning ability to mark
a ballot without assistance.
(3) When assisting a voter in voting, fail to mark the ballot or vote in the manner dictated by the
voter.
(4) Being a physician, optometrist, physician assistant as defined in R.S. 37:1360.22, or nurse
practitioner as defined in R.S. 37:913 certify to the disability of a voter under this Title or certify that a
person will be hospitalized on election day, knowing such information to be false.
(5) Transmit or otherwise provide false or misleading information concerning an election from a
source disguised to appear to be or while impersonating the secretary of state, a registrar of voters, a clerk
of court, or other election official.
(6) Facilitate the distribution and collection of absentee by mail ballot applications or absentee by
mail ballots in violation of this Title.
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(7) Breach any mandatory provision of this Title.
(8) Witness the certificate of more than one voter who is not an immediate family member in
violation of R.S. 18:1306.
(9) Witness more than one certificate of a voter who is not an immediate family member in violation
of R.S. 18:1306.
(10) Participate in any bet or wager that is based upon any contingency whatsoever that arises from
an election conducted pursuant to this Title, including any of the following:
(a) Making an offer to bet or wager on an election.
(b) Accepting a bet or wager on an election.
(c) Taking a share or monetary interest in a bet or wager on an election.
(d) Providing money to be used by another person in making a bet or wager on an election.
(e) Acting in any manner to become a party to a bet or wager on an election.
B. Whoever violates any provision of Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not more than one
thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. On a second offense, or any
subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or
imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
C. No person shall:
(1) Possess any beverage of alcoholic content in a polling place after having been directed by a
registrar or deputy registrar, commissioner-in-charge, commissioner or law enforcement officer providing
assistance to maintain order at the polling place to remove or dispose of the beverage.
(2) Appear at a polling place in an intoxicated condition.
(3) Carry or possess a firearm while present in a polling place, except a peace officer as defined by
R.S. 40:2402(3)(a), in the performance of his official duties.
D. Whoever violates any provision of Subsection C of this Section shall be fined not more than five
hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. On a second offense or any
subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for
not more than one year, or both.
E. Any person who intentionally makes a false written statement in an attestation required by this
Code shall, upon conviction, be guilty of the crime of perjury and subject to the penalty set forth in R.S.
14:123.