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§ 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 […]

§ 2-19-121. Candidate Bargaining for Support

It is unlawful for any candidate for nomination or election in any state, county, city or district office, to expend, pay, promise, or loan or become pecuniarily liable in any way for money or other thing of value, either directly or indirectly, or to agree to enter into any contract with any person to vote […]

§ 2-19-122. Demanding Candidate Make Promise

It is unlawful for any person to demand that any candidate for nomination or office shall promise or agree in advance to support any particular individual, policy or measure, in consideration of the vote or support, financial or moral, of such person, in any election, primary or nominating convention. A violation of this section shall […]

§ 2-19-124. Exceptions to § 2-19-121 or § 2-19-122

Nothing in § 2-19-121 or § 2-19-122 shall render illegal any expenditures made by any candidate, or by others, for or on the candidate’s behalf, to employ clerks or stenographers in the candidate’s campaign, for the printing and advertising therein, or the seeking of suitable halls for public speaking or meetings, or suitable headquarters, stationery […]

§ 2-19-125. Bribing Election Officials

It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, personally or through any other person, to give or offer to give a bribe to any election official or to any administrator of elections or to any member of a board or commission holding office under this title as a consideration for any act done or […]