US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  17-144. Receiving consideration for franchise. Except as allowed by
  law, any person who directly or indirectly, by himself  or  through  any
  other person:
    1.  Receives,  agrees  or contracts for, before or during an election,
  any money, gift, loan or other valuable consideration, office  place  or
  employment  for  himself  or any other person, for voting or agreeing to
  vote, or for coming or agreeing to come to the polls, or  for  remaining
  away  or  agreeing  to  remain away from the polls, or for refraining or
  agreeing to refrain from registering as a voter, or  for  refraining  or
  agreeing  to  refrain from voting, or for voting or agreeing to vote, or
  for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting  for  or  against  any
  particular  person  or  persons  at  any election, or for or against any
  proposition submitted to voters at such election; or,
    2. Receives any money or other  valuable  thing  during  or  after  an
  election  on  account  of  himself  or  any other person having voted or
  refrained from voting at such  an  election;  or  having  registered  or
  refrained  from  registering as a voter, or on account of himself or any
  other person having voted or refrained from voting for  or  against  any
  particular  person  at  such election, or for or against any proposition
  submitted to voters at such election, or on account of  himself  or  any
  other person having come to the polls or remained away from the polls at
  such  election,  or having registered or refrained from registering as a
  voter, or on account of having induced  any  other  person  to  vote  or
  refrain  from  voting  for  or  against  any  particular  person at such
  election, or for or against any proposition submitted to voters at  such
  election, is guilty of a felony.