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Article 102
 

The following shall be liable to fines:
a. if a person stands for election to a municipal council knowing that he/she is not eligible for election,
b. if a person is a candidate on more than one list,
c. if a voter deliberately invalidates his/her ballot in regular polling or absentee voting,
d. if a voter deliberately reveals how he/she votes or has voted,
e. if a person spies on how a voter votes or has voted,
f. if a voter pretends poor eyesight or other inability to receive assistance in voting,
g. if a person deliberately neglects to deliver a ballot which has been entrusted to him or deliberately delays the returning of votes and election documents,
h. if a person provides inexact or misleading information on him-/herself or others in the manner referred to in sub-paragraph d of Article 92, unless more severe punishment is prescribed by other provisions of this or other Acts,
i. if a person publishes misleading voting instructions.