A precinct election official who knowingly does any of the following commits a serious misdemeanor:
1. Furnishes a voter with a ballot other than the proper ballot to be used at that election.
2. Causes a voter to cast a vote contrary to the voter's intention or wishes.
3. Changes any ballot, or in any way causes any vote to be recorded contrary to the intent of the person casting that vote.
4. Makes or consents to any false entry on the list of voters or poll books.
5. Places or permits another election official to place into a ballot box anything other than a ballot as provided in section 49.85, or who permits any person other than an election official to place anything into a ballot box.
6. Takes out of a ballot box, or permits to be so taken out, any ballot deposited therein, except in the manner prescribed by law.
7. Destroys or alters any ballot which has been given to an elector.
8. Permits any person to vote in a manner prohibited by law.
9. Refuses or rejects the vote of any qualified voter.
10. Wrongfully does any act or refuses to act for the purpose of avoiding an election, or of rendering invalid the ballots cast from any precinct or other district.
11. Having been deputized to carry the poll books of any election to the place where they are to be canvassed, willfully or negligently fails to deliver them to such place, safe, with seals unbroken, and within the time specified by law.
[C51, § 2697, 2701--;2704; R60, § 4339, 4343--;4346; C73, § 3999, 4003--;4006; C97, § 4923, 4927--;4930; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 13274, 13278--;13281; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 738.12, 738.16--;738.19; C79, 81, § 722.7]
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