§ 14-47-104 — Penalties for election violations

(a) Any person who shall perform any service in the interest of any candidate for any office provided in this chapter in consideration of any money, promise of employment, or other valuable thing or any candidate who shall pay or make promises to pay such consideration shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, an offender shall be punished by a fine not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both. (b) Any person offering a bribe, either in money or other consideration, to any elector for the purpose of influencing his or her vote at any election provided in this chapter or any elector entitled to vote at any election receiving or accepting any bribe or other consideration, any person making a false answer relative to his or her qualification to vote at the election, any person voting or offering to vote at the election, knowing he or she is not entitled to vote at the election, and any person knowingly procuring, aiding, or abetting in violation of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, an offender shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or both.

Legislative History

Acts 1921, No. 99, §§ 6, 7; Pope's Dig., §§ 10094, 10095; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 19-706, 19-707.