GroundRules
ELEC § 18622
Where this section sits in the code
- Elections Code - ELEC
- DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]
- CHAPTER 7. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall [18600. - 18680.]
- ARTICLE 3. Improper Payments to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing [18620. - 18622.]
Every person who offers to buy or does buy from a circulator any referendum, initiative, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. This section is not intended to prohibit compensation of a circulator, for his or her services, by a proponent of the petition or his or her agent.
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