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Delaware Statutes § 3167 Bribery at primary elections; penalty

⤴ Up to Subchapter IV: Procedure at Polling Places

Statute Text

Whoever, either in or out of this State, receives or accepts, or offers to receive or accept, or pays, transfers or delivers, or offers, or promises to pay, transfer or deliver, or contributes or offers, or promises to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money, or other valuable thing as a compensation, inducement or reward for the giving or withholding or in any manner influencing the giving or withholding a vote at any primary election held for the purpose of selecting delegates or representatives to any political convention thereafter to be held for the purpose of selecting candidates for public office or for the purpose of selecting delegates to a national political convention thereafter to be held for the purpose of nominating candidates for the office of President and Vice President of the United States, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned not less than 1 month nor more than 3 years, or both.

History

Code 1915, § 1715A; 29 Del. Laws, c. 109, § 1; Code 1935, § 1803; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 3169.;

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