available upon request within 48 hours of the request.]
Section 10. Section 1853 of the act, amended March 27, 2020
(P.L.41, No.12), 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] 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,
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