The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-10-17

Advisory Councils of the Republic of
Hawaii:
PROVISIONS FOR PRESERVING THE
PURITY OF ELECTIONS.
Section |. OHenses against the cleo
ton laws and against the rules ana
regulations concerning the administer
ing Of oaths and the holding OF cleo
tions, promulgated by the President
are divided into two classes VIZ
ELECTION Frauds" and "Misdemenors,'
as hereinafter defined.
ELECTION FRAUDS.
Section ?. The following persons shall
be deemed guilty of an election fraud:
1. Every person who shall directly or
indirectly, personally or through an
other. give, procure or lend, or agree, or
offer to give, procure or lend, or VINO
shall endeavor to procure, any money or
office or place of employment of valuable
consideration to or for any elector, or to
or for any person for an elector, or to OF
for any person in order to induce any
elector to vote or refrain from voting,
or to vote or refrain from voting tof
any particular person or party, or who
shall do any such act on account OF any
person having voted or refrained from
voting for any particular person at any
election.
.. Every person who shall directly or
indirectly, personally or through an
other, make any such gift, loan or
offer, promise, procurement or agree
ment as aforesaid to any person except
to such assistants as are permitted by
law, OF by the rules and regulations Is
sued by the President in accordance
with the Constitution, i'll order to IN
duce such person to procure or en-
deavor to procure the election OF any
person to the Legislature; or to procure
the vote OF any elector at any election.
3. Every person who shall advance
or pay, or cause to be paid, any money
to. or to the use OF, any other person,
with the intent that such money, or any
part thereof, shall be expended in
bribery at any election, or for any pur
pose connected with or incidental to any
election other than the objects and pur-
poses for which money is ty law or the
said Rules and Regulations allowed to
lie expended, excepting only reasonable
expenses for conveying voters to the
polling places on election days; or who
shall knowingly pay or cause to be PAID
any money to any person in the dis
charge or repayment of any money
wholly or partly expended in bribery al
any election, or for any purpose con-
nected with or incidental to any
election other than the objects and
purposes for which money is by law or
the said Rules and Regulations allowed
to be expended.
A. Every elector who shall, before
during or after any election, directly o
indirectly, personally or through an
other, receive, agree or contract TO
any money, gift, loan or valuable con
sideration, office, place or employment
for himself or any other person, fol
voting or agreeing to vote, or for re
framing to vote or agreeing to refrain
from voting, or for voting, oil
refraining to vote for any particular
person or party.
8. Every person who shall at any
election, personally or through another
or by any ways or means on his behalf
directly or indirectly give or provide, OF
cause to be given or provided, or shall Le
accessory to the giving or providing, OIL
shall pay wholly or in part any expenses
incurred for any meat, drink, entertain
ment or provision to or for any person
in order to be elected, or for being
elected, or for procuring the election 0
any candidate, or for the purpose OF in
huencing such person or any other per
son to vote or refrain from voting or fo
voting or refraining from voting for an,
particular person or party at such cleo
ton, or on account Of such person
having voted or refrained from voting
or voted or refrained from voting 10
any particular person or party.
6. Every person who shall direct
or indirectly, personally or through
another, make use OF, or threaten +
make use of, any force, violence, or re
straint, or infiict or threaten to inflic
any injury, damage, or loss in any man
ner, or in any way practice intimidation
upon or against any person in order t
induce or compel such person to vote o
refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain
from voting for any particular person o
party at any election, or on account o
such person having voted or refraine,
from voting, or voted or refrained from
voting for any particular person Of
party; or who shall b. atllai ION, dis
tress or any device or contriyance i'm.
pede, prevent or otherwise interfere
with the free exercise of the elective
franchise.
l. Every person who, at any election
votes or attempts to vote in the name o
any other person, living or dead, or il
some fictitious name, or who, hay
ing once voted, votes or attempts to vot,
again, or kno wingly gives or attempts
to give more than one ballot for the SAINT
Office at one time OF voting.
8. Every person who, before or during
an election, knowingly publishes false
statement of the withdrawal Of any
candidate at such election.
.. Every person who induces or pro
cures any peIson to withdraw from be,
ing candidate at an election in consid
Grafton of any payment or gift, OF
valuable consideration; or of any threat
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