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Any person who directly or indirectly by himself or through any other person in connection with or in respect of any election during the hours of voting on a day of a general, special or primary election gives or provides, or causes to be given or provided, or shall pay, wholly or in part, for any meat, drink, tobacco, refreshment or provision to or for any person, other than persons who are official representatives of the board of elections or political parties and committees and persons who are engaged as watchers, party representatives or workers assisting the candidate, except any such meat, drink, tobacco, refreshment or provision having a retail value of less than one dollar, which is given or provided to any person in a polling place without any identification of the person or entity supplying such provisions, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Election Law - ELN § 17-140. Furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls - last updated January 01, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/election-law/eln-sect-17-140/
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