New Jersey § 19:34-25

§ 19:34-25.

a. If a person shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person in

his behalf, give, lend or agree to give or lend, or shall offer, promise or promise

to procure, or endeavor to procure, any money or other valuable consideration or thing

to or for any voter, or to or for any person, in order to induce any voter to vote

or refrain from registering for any election, or shall corruptly do or commit any

of the acts in this section mentioned because of any such voter having voted or refrained

from voting at an election, or registered or refrained from registering at an election,

he shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Bribery of member of election board; acceptance. b. Whosoever shall, directly or indirectly, make or give any money or other thing

of value to any member of the district board because of his membership on such board,

or when it shall appear that such money or other thing of value is made or given to

such member because of his membership on the board, except as hereinbefore provided

as his legal compensation for service on the board, shall be guilty of a crime of

the third degree. Any member of a district board who shall, by himself, or by any other person in his

behalf, receive any money or other thing of value because of his membership on such

board, or when it shall appear that such money or other thing of value is accepted

or received by such member because of his membership on the board, except as hereinbefore

provided as his legal compensation for service on the board, shall be guilty of a

crime of the third degree. Promising office or employment. c. A person who shall directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person

in his behalf, give or procure, or agree to give or procure or offer or promise to

procure, or endeavor to procure any office, place or employment to or for any voter,

or to or for any person on behalf of such voter, or to or for any other person, in

order to induce such voter to vote or refrain from voting, or to register or refrain

from registering, or shall corruptly do any act as above because of any voter having

voted or refrained from voting, or having registered or refrained from registering

for any election, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Acceptance of bribe by voter. d. Any voter who shall directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person

on his behalf, receive, agree or contract for any money, gift, loan or valuable consideration,

office, place or employment for himself or for any other person for voting or agreeing

to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at any election, or

for registering or agreeing to register, or for refraining or for agreeing to refrain

from registering for any election, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Bribery of delegates. e. If a person shall, directly or indirectly, give, offer or promise to give any

sum or sums of money or any valuable thing in action, victuals, drink or preferment

or other considerations, by way of fee, reward, gift or gratuity, or other valuable

present or reward to obtain, procure or influence the opinion, behavior, vote or abstaining

from voting for the election of any delegate to any convention of any political party,

to nominate any candidate for member of the legislature, for member of congress, for

electors for president and vice president of the United States, for governor, or for

any candidate for any office in any county or municipality; or if any person being

a delegate to any political convention to nominate candidates for any of the offices

named in this title shall directly or indirectly, ask for, accept, receive or take

any sum or sums of money, or other valuable consideration by way of fee, reward, gift

or gratuity, or other valuable consideration for the giving or refusing to give his

vote at any such convention, the person so offering, asking, or receiving shall be

guilty of a crime of the third degree. Bribery at election. f. Whoever shall, directly or indirectly, give, furnish, supply or promise, or cause

to be given, furnished, supplied, offered or promised, to any person or persons, any

money, service, preferment or valuable thing with the intent that such money or valuable

thing or any other money, service, preferment or valuable thing shall be given, offered,

promised or used, by any person or persons, by way of fee, reward, gift or gratuity,

for giving or refusing to give any vote of any citizen, at any election of any public

officer, state, county or municipal, to be held therein, or of any member of congress,

of electors for president and vice president of the United States, or at any election

of any delegate or delegates to any political convention to be held for the nomination

of any of the officers above, or by way of gift, gratuity or reward, for giving or

withholding the vote of any delegate at any such convention, shall be guilty of a

crime of the third degree. Inducing voters. g. A person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person

in his behalf, give, lend, or agree to give or lend, or procure, or agree to procure

or offer or promise to procure, or endeavor to procure, any money or other valuable

consideration or thing, or any office, place or employment to or for any voter, or

to or for any person, in order to induce such voter to vote or refrain from registering

or voting at any election, or shall corruptly do or commit any of the acts in this

section mentioned, because of any voter having voted or refrained from voting or having

registered or refrained from registering for any election, shall be guilty of a crime

of the third degree. Contributions for use in bribing. h. A person who shall give, advance or pay, or cause to be given, advanced or paid,

any money or other valuable thing to any person, or to the use of any person, with

the intent that such money or other valuable thing, or any part thereof, shall be

expended, or used for bribery of voters, or for any other unlawful purpose at any

election, or who shall knowingly pay, or cause to be paid money to any person wholly

or in part expended in bribery of a voter at any election, shall be guilty of a crime

of the third degree. Receiving rewards. i. A person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person

on his behalf, receive, agree or contract for any money, gift, loan or valuable consideration,

office, place or employment for himself or for any other person for voting or agreeing

to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at any election, or

for registering or agreeing to register, or for refraining or for agreeing to refrain

from registering for any election, shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree. Gift, or promise of, for certain purposes. j. No person shall give or agree to give for the purpose of promoting or procuring

or for the purpose of opposing or preventing the election of a candidate for public

office, or for the purpose of promoting or procuring or for the purpose of opposing

or preventing the nomination of any person as a candidate for public office, any money

or any valuable thing to be used for any of the following purposes: 1. To provide or give or to pay, wholly or in part, the expense of giving or providing

any meat, drink, entertainment or provision to or for any person for the purpose of

influencing that person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote

at any election, or because of any such person or any other person having voted or

refrained from voting. 2. To provide for the payment of rent for or for the purpose of providing and fitting

up any clubroom for social or recreative purposes, or providing for uniforms for any

organized club. 3. To provide for the payment for the insertion in any newspaper or magazine of any

article tending to influence any person to give or refrain from giving his vote to

any candidate or candidates at any election; or to provide for payment for the distribution

of any newspaper or magazine wherein any such article is printed; or to provide for

payment of the printing or of the distribution of any circular, handbill, card, pamphlet

or statement tending to influence any person to give or refrain from giving his vote

to any candidate at any election; but this prohibition shall not be construed to

prohibit the printing and distribution of paid advertisements, which advertisements

shall be indicated by the words “This advertisement has been paid for by” (inserting

the true name and address of the person or persons paying for the same); nor shall

it be construed to prohibit the printing and distribution of circulars, handbills,

cards, pamphlets or statements which shall have printed on the face thereof the true

name and address of the person or persons paying for the printing and distribution

thereof, which fact shall be indicated by the words “The cost of the printing and

distribution of this circular (or as the case may be) has been paid by” (inserting

the true name and address of the person or persons paying for the same). Accepting gifts. k. No person shall accept any money or other valuable thing, the payment of which

is prohibited by paragraph “j” of this section. Penalty. l . Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of paragraphs “j” and “k” of

this section shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree, and shall for the first

offense be disfranchised while serving a sentence of incarceration , and for any subsequent offense shall be disfranchised while serving a sentence of incarceration , and in addition thereto the court in which such conviction is obtained, may in case

of a subsequent conviction, impose upon the person so convicted the punishment now

prescribed by law for a crime of the second degree.