§ 17-142. Giving consideration for franchise. Except as allowed by\nlaw, any person who directly or indirectly, by himself or through any\nother person:\n 1. Pays, lends or contributes, or offers or promises to pay, lend or\ncontribute any money or other valuable consideration to or for any\nvoter, or to or for any other person, to induce such voter or other\nperson to vote or refrain from voting at any election, or to induce any\nvoter or other person to vote or refrain from voting at such election\nfor any particular person or persons, or for or against any particular\nproposition submitted to voters, or to induce such voter to come to the\npolls or remain away from the polls at such election or to induce such\nvoter or other person to place or cause to be placed or refrain from\nplac
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§ 17-142. Giving consideration for franchise. Except as allowed by\nlaw, any person who directly or indirectly, by himself or through any\nother person:\n 1. Pays, lends or contributes, or offers or promises to pay, lend or\ncontribute any money or other valuable consideration to or for any\nvoter, or to or for any other person, to induce such voter or other\nperson to vote or refrain from voting at any election, or to induce any\nvoter or other person to vote or refrain from voting at such election\nfor any particular person or persons, or for or against any particular\nproposition submitted to voters, or to induce such voter to come to the\npolls or remain away from the polls at such election or to induce such\nvoter or other person to place or cause to be placed or refrain from\nplacing or causing to be placed his name upon a registration poll record\nor on account of such voter or other person having voted or refrained\nfrom voting for or against any particular person or for or against any\nproposition submitted to voters, or having come to the polls or remained\naway from the polls at such election, or having placed or caused to be\nplaced or refrained from placing or causing to be placed his or any\nother name upon the registry of voters; or,\n 2. Gives, offers or promises any office, place or employment, or\npromises to procure or endeavor to procure any office, place or\nemployment to or for any voter, or to or for any other person, in order\nto induce such voter or other person to vote or refrain from voting at\nany election, or to induce any voter or other person to vote or refrain\nfrom voting at such election, for or against any particular person or\nfor or against any proposition submitted to voters, or to induce any\nvoter or other person to place or cause to be placed or refrain from\nplacing or causing to be placed his or any other name upon a\nregistration poll record; or,\n 3. Gives, offers or promises any office, place, employment or valuable\nthing as an inducement for any voter or other person to procure or aid\nin procuring either a large or a small vote, plurality or majority at\nany election district or other political division of the state, for a\ncandidate or candidates to be voted for at an election; or to cause a\nlarger or smaller vote, plurality or majority to be cast or given for\nany candidate or candidates in one such district or political division\nthan in another; or,\n 4. Makes any gift, loan, promise, offer, procurement or agreement as\naforesaid to, for or with any person to induce such person to procure or\nendeavor to procure the election of any person or the vote of any voter\nat any election; or,\n 5. Procures or engages or promises or endeavors to procure, in\nconsequence of any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or\nagreement the election of any person, or the vote of any voter, at such\nelection; or,\n 6. Advances or pays or causes to be paid, any money or other valuable\nthing, to or for the use of any other person with the intent that the\nsame, or any part thereof, shall be used in bribery at any election, or\nknowingly pays or causes to be paid any money or other valuable thing to\nany person in discharge or repayment of any money, wholly or in part\nexpended in bribery at any election, is guilty of a felony.\n