Cal. Elections Code § 18523
Cal. Elections Code § 18523
California · California Elections Code · Status: effective · Effective 2011-04-04
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- Cal. Elections Code § 18523, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/809653
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A person shall not directly or through any other person advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any money or other valuable thing to or for the use of any other person, with the intent that it, or any part thereof, shall be used in bribery at any election, or knowingly pay or cause to be paid any money or other valuable thing to any person in discharge or repayment of any money, wholly or in part, expended in bribery at any election.
Any person violating this section is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years.