Section 18108.5 Of Chapter 2. Voter Registration From California Elections Code >> Division 18. >> Chapter 2.
18108.5
. (a) A person, company, or other organization that agrees
to pay money or other valuable consideration, whether on a
per-affidavit basis or otherwise, to a person who assists another
person to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of
registration, or by assisting with the submission of an affidavit of
registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary
of State, who fails to comply with Section 2159.5, is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not
exceeding six months or when the failure to comply is found to be
willful, not exceeding one year, or both.
(b) A person, company, or other organization that agrees to pay
money or other valuable consideration, whether on a per-affidavit
basis or otherwise, to a person who assists another person to
register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of
registration, or by assisting with the submission of an affidavit of
registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary
of State, upon a third or subsequent conviction, on charges brought
and separately tried, for failure to comply with Section 2159.5 shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000),
or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or
both.
(c) An elections official shall notify a person, company, or other
organization that agrees to pay money or other valuable
consideration, whether on a per-affidavit basis or otherwise, to a
person who assists another person to register to vote by receiving
the completed affidavit of registration or by assisting with the
submission of an affidavit of registration electronically on the
Internet Web site of the Secretary of State, that three or more
affidavits of registration submitted by a person who assisted another
to register to vote do not comply with Sections 18100, 18101, 18103,
or 18106. The elections official may forward a copy of each of the
noncomplying affidavits of registration to the district attorney, who
may make a determination whether probable cause exists to believe
that a violation of law has occurred.
(d) This section shall not apply to a public agency or its
employees that is designated as a voter registration agency pursuant
to the federal 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.