(10 ILCS 5/24-20) (from Ch. 46, par. 24-20)
Sec. 24-20.
No judge of an election or inspector, or any custodian or other
public official authorized to take part in the holding of an election or in
preparing for an election, shall, with intent to cause or permit any voting
machine to fail to register correctly all votes cast thereon; or tamper
with or disarrange such machine in any way or any part or appliance
thereof, or cause or consent to said machine being used for voting at any
election with knowledge of the fact that the same is not in order, or not
perfectly set and adjusted so that it will correctly register all votes
cast thereon; or, with the purpose of defrauding or deceiving any voter or
of causing it to be doubtful for what ticket or candidate or candidates or
proposition any vote is cast, or of causing it to appear on said machine
that the votes cast for one ticket, candidate or proposition, were cast for
another ticket, candidate or proposition, remove, change or mutilate any
ballot label on said machine or any part thereof; or do any other thing
intended to interfere with the validity or accuracy of the election, and
the results thereof, or fraudulently cause an incorrect return of the
election.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2532.)
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