CODE OF VIRGINIA

STEALING OR TAMPERING WITH BALLOT CONTAINERS, VOTING OR REGISTRATION EQUIPMENT,
SOFTWARE, RECORDS OR DOCUMENTS (§ 24.2-1009)

Any person who (i) steals or willfully, fraudulently, or wrongfully tampers with
any part of any ballot container, voting or registration equipment, records, or
documents, which are used in any way within the registration or election
process, (ii) steals or willfully, fraudulently, or wrongfully tampers with the
software used to prepare and operate voting equipment or the software or
hardware used to collect and disseminate election returns, (iii) steals or
willfully, fraudulently, or wrongfully tampers with an electronic activation
device or electronic data storage medium of the type used to prepare, operate or
back-up electronic voting equipment, (iv) willfully, fraudulently, or wrongfully
intercepts, alters or disrupts the electronic transmission of election returns
or the posting of returns on the Internet, (v) fraudulently makes any entry,
deletion, or alteration to any item listed in (i), or (vi) aids, abets, or
permits any other person to violate the provisions of clauses (i) through (v),
shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-318, 24-404; 1952, c. 4; 1970, c. 462, §§
24.1-273, 24.1-275; 1981, c. 425; 1991, c. 710; 1993, c. 641; 2003, c. 1015;
2004, cc. 993, 1010.