The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-08-27
state Electfon Law.


United States, before any convent
ion held by any political party, or
at any primary election, who loans,
pays or gives, or promises to loan,
pay or give any money or other
thing of value, TO any delegate; or
who furnishes or pays the transpor-
tation or expenses OF any delegate
to any convention, for the purpose
of securing the vote or influence of
such delegates for his nomination;
and whoever hires or otherwise em-
ploys for a consideration, any per-
son to work for the nomination. of
any person to any Office or to work
for the selection of any delegate to
be chosen at any party convention
or primary election, shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be find not less than
three hundred dollars nor more
than one thousond dollars, and con-
fined in the county Jail not less than
thirty days nor more than six
months.
2 Whoever, being a candidate for
any office, loans or gives, directly
or offers or promises to loan or; give
any money, or other things OF. value,
to any elector, for the purpose of in
fiuencing or retaining the vote of
such elector, or to induce such cleo
tor TO work or labor for the election
of such candidate, or to refrain, from
working or laboring for the election
of any other candidate; or to any
person to secure or to retain thesin-
fuence or vote of such elector, in his.
behalf as such candidate, or to9 be
used by such person in any way to
influence the vote of any elector, or
any candidate or any ticket; and
whoever hires or otherwise employs
Reconsideration any person to work
at the polls on election day, for the
election of any candidate, to be Yot-
ed for at such election, on convict
thereof shall be fined not less than
$500 nor more than. $1,000, and shall
be confined in the county jails3not
less thar thirty days nor more than
six months.
B. Any person who shall give or
offer to give, directly or Indirectly
any money, property, or other thing
of value, to any elector to influence
his vote at any regular election, held
in this State pursuant to law; or
who shall aid, advise, counsel or sug-
gest to any person or to persons
generally to use or procure any mon
ey or other means to be used to in
duce, hire, or buy any person or per-
sons to refrain from voting for any
candidate or candidates, or to, re.
main away from the polls at any
election, whether or not any such
person shall act or attempt to act
upon any such counsel, advice or
suggestion, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than
three hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars, and Shall
be confined in the county Jail not
less than thirty days nor more than
six months.
4. Any person, who shall direct
~ or indirectly, give, offer or prom
Use to give, money or other thing
OF value for the purpose OF prevent
ing, influencing, or inducing or pro-
curing such elector to refrain from
voting or to remain away from the
polls at any election held under the
laws of the State, shall be guilty of
"a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than
three hundred dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars, and shall
be confined in the county Jail not
less than thirty days nor more
than six months.
D. Any perscn not duly authorized
by law, who shall, during the pro-
gress of any election in this State.
or after the closing of the polls and
before the ballots are counted and
the result ascertained, or within six
months thereafter, break open or
violate the seal or locks of any bal
lot box, paper, envelope, or bag, in
which ballots have bcen deposited
at or after such election, or who
shall obtain possession of such bal
lot box, paper, envelope or bag, con-
tanning such ballots and cancel,
withhold or destroy such ballots, or
who shall fraudulently or forcibly
add or diminish the number of bal
lots legally deposited therein, or
who shall fraudently make any
erasure or alteration of any kind
npon any tally sheet, poll book, list
OF voters, or election returns depos-
tied therein, shall be deemed guilty
of felony, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be confined in the
penitentiary not less than one year
nor more than three years.
6. 1t shall be the duty of the
Judge of the circuit court, at every
term thereof, to give this act in
special charge to the grand jury,
z. Every person called as wit
ness to any violation of any ftthe
provisions of this act, shall be DOM
PEELED to testify fully, but his testi-
mony shall not be given in evidence
against himself in any prosecution
for such offense.
8. Nothing in this act shall be so
construed as to prevent the EN-
ployment of political speakers in
any campaign, or to prevent the
holding of political demonstrations,
or the distribution or circulation. of
campaign documents and literature
for party purposes.