Delaware Code § 15-3167

Bribery at primary elections; penalty
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Whoever, either in or out of this State, receives or accepts, or offers to receive or accept, or pays, transfers or delivers, or offers,
or promises to pay, transfer or deliver, or contributes or offers, or promises to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money, or
other valuable thing as a compensation, inducement or reward for the giving or withholding or in any manner influencing the giving
or withholding a vote at any primary election held for the purpose of selecting delegates or representatives to any political convention
thereafter to be held for the purpose of selecting candidates for public office or for the purpose of selecting delegates to a national political
convention thereafter to be held for the purpose of nominating candidates for the office of President and Vice President of the United
States, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned not less than 1 month nor more than 3 years, or both.
(Code 1915, § 1715A; 29 Del. Laws, c. 109, § 1; Code 1935, § 1803; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 3169.)

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