Kansas Statutes 25-2409. Election bribery
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 25-2409
- Election: means any primary, general or special election of national, state, county, township, school or city officers or officers of any other subdivision of the state, or any question submitted election held at any time whether the same be upon a constitutional amendment, authority to issue bonds by the state or any subdivision thereof or any other special question whatsoever. See Kansas Statutes 25-2408
(a) Election bribery is conferring, offering or agreeing to confer, or soliciting, accepting or agreeing to accept any benefit as consideration to or from any person either to vote or withhold any person’s vote, or to vote for or against any candidate or question submitted at any public election.
(b) This section shall not apply to a business or organization that provides a product of value less than $3 to any person who asserts that such person has voted, without regard to such voter’s vote for or against any candidate or issue.
(c) Election bribery is a severity level 7, nonperson felony.