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SECTION 18310-18311
18310. A person shall not directly or through any other person pay or receive any money or other valuable consideration before, during, or after an election in order to reward any person or as a reward for voting for or against or agreeing to vote for or against the election or endorsement of any other person as the nominee or candidate of any caucus, convention, organized assemblage of delegates, or other body representing or claiming to represent a political party, candidate, or principle, or any club, society, or association. A violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years. 18311. Every person is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years who: (a) Gives or offers a bribe to any officer or member of any political convention, committee, or political gathering of any kind, held for the purpose of nominating candidates for offices of honor, trust, or profit in this state, with intent to influence the person to whom the bribe is given or offered to be more favorable to one candidate than another. (b) Being a member of any of the bodies mentioned in this section receives or offers to receive any bribe described in subdivision (a).
