§ § 21-2-563Improper signing or alteration of nomination petitions or affidavits

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Any person who knowingly and willfully:

Signs any nomination petition without having the qualifications prescribed by this chapter;

Sets any false statement opposite the signature on a nomination petition;

Signs more nomination petitions than permitted by this chapter;

Makes a false statement in any affidavit required by this chapter to be appended to or to accompany a nomination petition;

Signs any name not his or her own to any nomination petition; or

Materially alters any nomination petition without the consent of the signers

shall be guilty of a felony.

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