§ 2-19-204. Promises of Benefits for Political Activity
It is unlawful for any public officer or employee, directly or indirectly, to promise employment, position, work, compensation, contracts, loans, grants, appropriations or other benefits provided principally from public funds as a consideration, favor or reward for any political activity, support or opposition to any candidate, party or measure in any election.
§ 2-19-205. Deprivation, Attempts to Deprive, or Threats to Deprive Persons of Benefits
It is unlawful for any public officer or employee, directly or indirectly, to deprive, attempt to deprive, or threaten to deprive any person of employment, position, work, compensation, contracts, loans, grants, appropriations or benefits provided principally from public funds for any political activity, support or opposition to any candidate, party or measure in any election.
§ 2-19-134. Coercing or Directing Employees to Vote for Measure, Party, or Person — Penalty
It is unlawful for any person to coerce or direct any employee to vote for any measure, party or person who may be a candidate for any office, or for any person who may be a candidate for nomination for any office, to threaten the discharge of such employee if the employee votes or does […]
§ 2-19-135. Threatening Work Stoppage as a Result of Election
It is a Class C misdemeanor for any employer, within ninety (90) days of any election or primary provided for by law, to put up or otherwise exhibit in such employer’s factory, workshop, mine, mill, boardinghouse, office, or other establishment or place where employees may be working or may be present in the course of […]
§ 2-19-136. Grand Jury Witness Immunity
When any person, without such person’s contrivance or procurement, is sent as a witness before the grand jury and is examined before them touching offenses under this chapter, no person against whom such person’s evidence is given can afterwards be used as a witness against the person when on trial for an offense under this […]
§ 2-19-137. Violators as Witnesses — Exemption From Prosecution
A person offending against any of the provisions of this chapter shall be a competent witness against any other person violating any provisions of this chapter, and may be compelled to attend and testify upon any trial, hearing, proceeding, or investigation in the same manner as any other person, but the testimony so given shall […]
§ 2-19-138. Defects or Irregularities in Conventions or Elections No Defense
No defect or irregularity in calling any political convention, or any primary or final election, nor any irregularity in the proceedings or organization or conduct thereof, shall be available as a defense under this chapter.
§ 2-19-139. Permitted Expenses
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a candidate in any political convention or in any primary or final election, or any person, from employing and maintaining a proper clerical or office force so employed and maintained in good faith, nor to prevent any political parties, candidates, nominees, and organizations from disseminating literature […]
§ 2-19-140. Penalty Against Corporation and Officers
Any corporation offending against this chapter may be found guilty, and it and its officers through whom such offense was committed shall be fined and the officers imprisoned as other persons under this chapter. Any corporation violating § 2-19-126 or § 2-19-134 shall in addition forfeit its charter and right to do business in this […]
§ 2-19-130. Candidate Betting With Voter
It is a Class C misdemeanor for any candidate for public office, before or during any primary or final election provided by law, to make any bet or wager with a voter, or to take a share or interest in, or in any manner become a party to any such bet or wager, or provide […]