Section 657:24 Misusing Absentee Ballot.
Whoever, prior to the closing of the polls or the time of processing absentee ballots on election day, shall show or exhibit an unsealed absentee ballot to any person or shall use an absentee ballot for any purpose except to vote the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided that this provision shall not apply to any person engaged in printing or distributing or otherwise dealing with said ballots according to law, to any person who because of blindness is unable to mark his ballot, or to any person who assists a blind person in marking his ballot. Anyone who votes or attempts to vote under the provisions of this chapter who is not entitled to vote by absentee ballot or anyone who knowingly votes or attempts to vote in violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source. 1979, 436:1. 1983, 220:5, eff. Aug. 15, 1983.