Section 17-23-1

Illegal voting or attempting to vote.

Any person who votes more than once at any election held in this state, or deposits more than one ballot for the same office as his vote at such election, or knowingly attempts to vote when he is not entitled to do so, or is guilty of any kind of illegal or fraudulent voting, must, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than five years, at the discretion of the jury.

(Code 1876, §4289; Code 1886, §4185; Code 1896, §4692; Code 1907, §6788; Code 1923, §3906; Code 1940, T. 17, §302.)