How severe of an offense against another person is it to destroy their ballot?

I put it as more serious than beating someone up, less than sexual assault.

it is an attack on someone’s autonomy and their inalienable rights.

You have destroyed government property.

Then there is the theft.

Here’s the document that you can find the legal consequences.
https://www.justice.gov/criminal/file/1029066/download

To me the freedom to vote is precious.
You couldn’t offer me any amount for my vote that I’d consider.

Ask Leslie McCrae Dowless in North Carolina’s 9th District

I regard tampering with an election as a crime worthy of stiff penalties, but the destruction of a single ballot—I believe should be gauged as an assault against the civil rights of a specific voter. There should be both a criminal trial as well as a civil trial.

For me, it’s way up there. It’s like an assault in my opinion, jail time. I wish it could be federal prison, but I guess voting is a local level thing.

People have been put in jail for putting up obstacles that prevented people from voting. It’s serious.