Section 18205 Of Chapter 3. Nomination Of Candidates From California Elections Code >> Division 18. >> Chapter 3.
18205
. A person shall not directly or through any other person
advance, pay, solicit, or receive or cause to be advanced, paid,
solicited, or received, any money or other valuable consideration to
or for the use of any person in order to induce a person not to
become or to withdraw as a candidate for public office. Violation of
this section shall be punishable by imprisonment pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or
two or three years.