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N.Y. Election Law § 17-144: Receiving consideration for franchise

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  1. Election Law
  2. Article 17. Protecting the Elective Franchise
  3. Title 1. Violations of the Elective Franchise

§ 17-144. Receiving consideration for franchise. Except as allowed by

law, any person who directly or indirectly, by himself or through any

other person:

1. Receives, agrees or contracts for, before or during an election,

any money, gift, loan or other valuable consideration, office place or

employment for himself or any other person, for voting or agreeing to

vote, or for coming or agreeing to come to the polls, or for remaining

away or agreeing to remain away from the polls, or for refraining or

agreeing to refrain from registering as a voter, or for refraining or

agreeing to refrain from voting, or for voting or agreeing to vote, or

for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting for or against any

particular person or persons at any election, or for or against any

proposition submitted to voters at such election; or,

2. Receives any money or other valuable thing during or after an

election on account of himself or any other person having voted or

refrained from voting at such an election; or having registered or

refrained from registering as a voter, or on account of himself or any

other person having voted or refrained from voting for or against any

particular person at such election, or for or against any proposition

submitted to voters at such election, or on account of himself or any

other person having come to the polls or remained away from the polls at

such election, or having registered or refrained from registering as a

voter, or on account of having induced any other person to vote or

refrain from voting for or against any particular person at such

election, or for or against any proposition submitted to voters at such

election, is guilty of a felony.

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