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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Optical scanning equipment fraud is:
(1) Being in unlawful or unauthorized possession of ballots, optical scanning equipment, computer programs, operating systems, firmware or software;
(2) accessing without authorization or facilitating the unauthorized access to optical scanning equipment;
(3) knowingly publishing or causing to be published any password or other confidential information relating to optical scanning equipment; or
(4) intentionally tampering with, altering, disarranging, defacing, impairing or destroying any optical scanning equipment or component part thereof, or any ballot, operating system, firmware or software used by a system.
(b) Optical scanning equipment fraud is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kansas Statutes Chapter 25. Elections § 25-4612. Optical scanning equipment fraud; criminal penalty - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ks/chapter-25-elections/ks-st-sect-25-4612/
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