Bribery of petition signers.

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Any person who offers or knowingly permits any person to offer for his benefit any bribe or promise of gain to an elector to induce him to sign any nomination petition or other election paper or any person who accepts any such bribe or promise of gain of any kind in the nature of a bribe as consideration for signing the same, whether such bribe or promise of gain in the nature of a bribe is offered or accepted before or after signing, commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 31-10-1504.

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-10-1309 as it existed prior to 1975.


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