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Committee advances bill to criminalize contingent payments tied to voting or registering
Summary
The Assembly Elections Committee approved SB 398 on July 2, a bill that would make it a crime to offer money or other valuable consideration contingent on whether a person registers or votes, including lottery-based inducements.
The Assembly Elections Committee on July 2 approved SB 398, which would make it a crime for a person to knowingly or willfully pay or offer to pay money or other valuable consideration with the intent to induce another person to register or vote when the payment is contingent on whether the person voted or registered.
Sponsor remarks and witness testimony framed the bill as closing a gap in existing law. Senator Tom Umberg described recent practices, including paid lotteries and payments targeted at registered…
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