N.J.S.A. 19:53-1 — Unauthorized possession of equipment, tampering, etc., crime.

19:53-1 Unauthorized possession of equipment, tampering, etc., crime. 19:53-1. Any unauthorized person found in possession of any such voting machine in use or to be used in any election, or keys thereof, shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Any person willfully tampering or attempting to tamper with, disarrange, deface or impair in any manner whatsoever, or destroy any such voting machine while the same is in use at any election, or who shall, after such machine is locked in order to preserve the registration or record of any election made by the same, tamper or attempt to tamper with any such voting machine, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Amended 2005, c.154, s.53.

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