PENNSYLVANIA, March 15 - sealed ballot box or pouch.

Section 2. Section 1853 of the act is amended to read:

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 or Article XIII-

F 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

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