10 ILCS 5/29-1

Vote buying

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(10 ILCS 5/29-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 29-1)
    Sec. 29-1. Vote buying.
    Any person who knowingly gives, lends or promises to give or lend any money or other valuable consideration to any other person to influence such other person to vote or to register to vote or to influence such other person to vote for or against any candidate or public question to be voted upon at any election shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 78-887.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2004–2021 · leading case: Whitten v. Rochester Township Republican Central Committee
Whitten v. Rochester Township Republican Central Committee (2021) ilcd “In Count I, Plaintiffs seek Declaratory and Injunctive Relief under 10 ILCS 5/29-1, asking the Court to declare the December 1, 2020 Rochester Republican Caucus invalid and void because it violated the Illinois Township Code along with the Illinois and U.”
Whitten v. Rochester Township Republican Central Committee (2021) ilcd “In Count I of the federal complaint, Plaintiffs seek Declaratory and Injunctive Relief under 10 ILCS 5/29-1, asking the Court to declare the December 1, 2020 Rochester Republican Caucus invalid and void because it violated the Illinois Township Code along with the Illinois and U.”
Nader v. Illinois State Board of Elections (2004) illappct “1 (West 2002)), and several laws contained in article 29, the "Prohibitions and Penalties" section, of the Election Code (10 ILCS 5/29-1 et seq . (West 2002)). (footnote: 1) The hearing officer held that the Electoral Board had no power to hear or investigate the Candidates'…”
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