Sec. 743.
An elector to whom an official ballot has been delivered is not permitted to leave the polling
place without either voting the ballot or returning the ballot to the inspector from whom he or
she received the ballot. An elector who attempts to leave the polling place with a ballot in his
or her possession, and refuses to deliver the ballot upon request, must be at once arrested on
demand of any member of the board of election inspectors.
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