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Falsifying Election Documents

Falsifying Election Documents: The crime of falsifying election documents “consists of performing any of the following acts with the intent to deceive or…

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The crime of falsifying election documents “consists of performing any of the following acts with the intent to deceive or mislead an elector or an election official:(i) Printing, distributing or displaying false instructions for voting or for the conduct of an election;(ii) Printing, distributing or displaying any official ballot, sa mple ballot, facsimile diagram, ballot label or pretended ballot which includes the name of a pe rson not entitled by law to be on the ballot, or omits the name of a person entitled by law to be on the ballot, or otherwise contains false information or headings; (iii) Defacing, altering, forging, making false entries in or changing in any way a petition, certificate of nomination, re gistration record or election return required by law; (iv) Preparing or submitting a false cer tificate of nomination, registration record or election return.” Wyo. Stat. §22-26-107.

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