§ 17-128. Violations of election law by public officer or employee. A
public officer or employee who knowingly and wilfully omits, refuses or
neglects to perform any act required of him by this chapter or who
knowingly and wilfully refuses to permit the doing of any act authorized
by this chapter or who knowingly and wilfully hinders or delays or
attempts to hinder or delay the performance of such an act is, if not
otherwise provided by law, guilty of a felony.