52 U.S.C. § 20702
Theft, destruction, concealment, mutilation, or alteration of records or papers; penalties
Any person, whether or not an officer of election or custodian, who willfully steals, destroys, conceals, mutilates, or alters any record or paper required by section 20701 of this title to be retained and preserved shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
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case (1 in the last 5 years), 2026–2026 · leading case: People v. Peters (Colo. Ct. App. 2026).
People v. Peters (Colo. Ct. App. 2026). “¶ 102 Looking further at the statutory scheme, 52 U.S.C. § 20702 provides the punishment for when a person “willfully steals, destroys, conceals, mutilates, or alters any record or paper required by section 20701 of this title to be retained and preserved.”
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