N.D. Cent. Code § 16.1-10-05: Paying owner, editor, publisher, or agent of newspaper to advocate or oppose candidate editorially prohibited

No person may pay or give anything of value to the owner, editor, publisher, or agent of any newspaper or other periodical, or radio or television station, to induce the person to advocate editorially or to oppose any candidate for nomination or election, and no such owner, editor, publisher, or agent may accept such inducement.