than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (2) Applicable elections The prohibition of this subsection applies with respect to any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (3) Votes more than once defined As used in this subsection, the term votes more than once does not include the casting of an additional ballot if all prior ballots of that voter were in validated, nor does it include the voting in two jurisdictions under section 202 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10502 ), to the extent two ballots are not cast for an election to the same candidacy or office. 8. Voting offenses and relief (a) Offense for depriving voting rights Whoever shall deprive or attempt to deprive any person of any right secured by the Twenty-sixth Amendment, this Act, or any Federal voting rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (b) Offense for manipulation of ballots Whoever, within a year following an election in a political subdivision in which an observer has been assigned (1) destroys, defaces, mutilates, or otherwise alters the marking of a paper ballot which has been cast in such election, or (2) alters any official record of voting in such election tabulated from a voting machine or otherwise, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (c) Conspiracy Whoever conspires to violate the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or interferes with any right secured by the Twenty-sixth Amendment, this Act, or any Federal voting rights law that