"Any person wilfully tampering or attempting to tamper with, disarrange, deface, or impair in any manner whatsoever, or destroy any voting machine while the same is in use at any election, or who, after the machine is locked in order to preserve the registration or record of any election made by the same, tampers or attempts to tamper with any voting machine" is guilty of election fraud. Hawaii Rev. Stat. §19-3(9). "Every person who, directly or indirectly, personally or through another, wilfully designs, alters, accesses, or programs any electronic voting system to cause the system to inaccurately record, tally, or report votes cast on the electronic voting system" is guilty of election fraud. Hawaii Rev. Stat. §19-3(9).
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"Any person wilfully tampering or attempting to tamper with, disarrange, deface, or impair in any manner whatsoever, or destroy any voting machine while the same is in use at any election, or who, after the machine is locked in order to preserve the registration or record of any election made by the same, tampers or attempts to tamper with any voting machine" is guilty of election fraud. Hawaii Rev. Stat. §19-3(9). "Every person who, directly or indirectly, personally or through another, wilfully designs, alters, accesses, or programs any electronic voting system to cause the system to inaccurately record, tally, or report votes cast on the electronic voting system" is guilty of election fraud. Hawaii Rev. Stat. §19-3(9).
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Tampering. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/tampering
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