PENNSYLVANIA, March 11 - Section 1853. Violations of Provisions Relating to Absentee

[and Mail-in] Ballots.--If any person shall sign an application

for absentee ballot[, mail-in ballot] or declaration of elector

on the forms prescribed knowing any matter declared therein to

be false, or shall vote any ballot other than one properly

issued to the person, or vote or attempt to vote more than once

in any election for which an absentee ballot [or mail-in ballot]

shall have been issued to the person, or shall violate any other

provisions of Article XIII [or Article XIII-D] of this act, the

person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree,

and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not

exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or be

imprisoned for a term not exceeding two (2) years, or both, at

the discretion of the court.

If any chief clerk or member of a board of elections, member

of a return board or member of a board of registration

commissioners, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the

duties prescribed by Article XIII [or Article XIII-D] of this

act, or shall reveal or divulge any of the details of any ballot

cast in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII [or

Article XIII-D] of this act, or shall count an absentee ballot

[or mail-in ballot] knowing the same to be contrary to Article

XIII [or Article XIII-D], or shall reject an absentee ballot [or

mail-in ballot] without reason to believe that the same is

contrary to Article XIII [or Article XIII-D], or shall permit an

elector to cast the elector's ballot at a polling place knowing

that there has been issued to the elector an absentee ballot,

the elector shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree,

and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding

fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or be imprisoned for a term

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