§3-4-22 Persons prohibited about voting machines; penalties.
§3-4-22. Persons prohibited about voting machines; penalties.
Excepting the election officials acting under authority of sections eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one of this article in the conduct of the election, and qualified persons assisting voters pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-one of this article no person other than the voter alone may be in, about or within five feet of the voting machine during the time such voter is in the process of voting at any election, and, during such time, no person may communicate in any manner with the voter and the voter may not communicate with any other person or persons. Any conduct or action of an election official about or around the voting machine while the voter is in the process of voting, in excess of the authority vested in such official by provisions of this article, shall constitute a violation of the provisions hereof. Any person violating any provision or provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars or be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding twelve months, or, in the discretion of the court, shall be subject to both such fine and imprisonment.