Showing ballot

17 V.S.A. ch. 035, § 1972, under Offenses Against the Purity of Elections.

17 V.S.A. ch. 035, § 1972

§ 1972. Showing ballot

A voter who, except in cases of assistance as provided in this title, allows the voter’s ballot to be seen by another person with an apparent intention of letting it be known how the voter is about to vote or makes a false statement to the presiding officer at an election as to the voter’s inability to mark the voter’s ballot or places a distinguishing mark on the voter’s ballot shall be fined $1,000.00. (Amended 2001, No. 5, § 11; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2025, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 8, 2026.)