Section 18108.1 Of Chapter 2. Voter Registration From California Elections Code >> Division 18. >> Chapter 2.
18108.1
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person who
receives money or other valuable consideration to assist another to
register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration
from the elector, and knowingly misrepresents himself or herself as
having helped register another to vote on a registration form,
pursuant to Section 2159, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), by
imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both
the fine and imprisonment.
(b) Any person who receives money or other valuable consideration
to assist another to register to vote by receiving the completed
affidavit of registration from the elector, upon a third or
subsequent conviction, on charges brought and separately tried, for
misrepresenting himself or herself as having helped register another
to vote on a registration form, pursuant to Section 2159, shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by
imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by both
the fine and imprisonment.
(c) This section shall not apply to any public agency or its
employees that is designated as a voter registration agency pursuant
to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20501
et seq.), when an elector asks for assistance to register to vote
during the course and scope of the agency's normal business.