EXCERPTS FROM TITLE 52, UNITED STATES
CODE
§ 10307. Prohibited acts
(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties
Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his
name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the
purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires
with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false
registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts
payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not
more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both:
Provided, however, that this provision shall be applicable only to
general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the
purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of
President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United
States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives,
Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands,
or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(e) Voting more than once
(1) Whoever votes more than once in an election referred to in
paragraph (2) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or
imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(2) The prohibition of this subsection applies with respect to any
general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for
the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the
office of President, Vice President, presidential elector,
Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United
States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District
of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident
Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term “votes more than once”
does not include the casting of an additional ballot if all prior
ballots of that voter were invalidated, nor does it include the
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