Every person who willfully and without lawful authority destroys, secretes, removes, defaces, alters, tampers, or meddles with a sample ballot, shall be guilty of a felony.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-19-43
Tampering with sample ballot
Known as the Election Law
The act spans §§ 17–17 (616 sections).
G.L. 1938, ch. 318, § 18; P.L. 1952, ch. 2924, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-40; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-43; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 201, § 9.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.