Effective: May 2, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, 'registering a voter' or 'registering voters' includes any effort, for compensation, to provide voter registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning those forms.(B) No person shall receive compensation on a fee per signature or fee per volume basis for circulating any declaration of candidacy, nominating petition, initiative petition, referendum petition, recall petition, or any other election-related petition that is filed with or transmitted to a board of elections, the office of the secretary of state, or other appropriate public office.(C) No person shall receive compensation on a fee per registration or fee per volume basis for registering a voter.(D) No person shall pay any other person for collecting signatures on election-related petitions or for registering voters except on the basis of time worked.(E)(1) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of receiving improper compensation for circulating a petition, a felony of the fifth degree.(2) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of receiving improper compensation on is guilty of receiving improper compensation for circulating a petition, a felony of the fifth degree.(2) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of receiving improper compensation for registering a voter, a felony of the fifth degree.(3) Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty of paying improper compensation for circulating a petition or registering a voter, a felony of the fifth degree.
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