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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 691

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

SECTION 64. No person shall offer or receive any money, or other thing, by way of gift, fee or reward, for giving, or refusing to give, a vote for electing members of the General Assembly, or any officer chosen at an electors’ meeting, nor promise, procure, or in any way confer, any gratuity, reward or preferment, for any vote given or to be given, in any election; and every person guilty of so doing shall forfeit the sum of $17, one-half to him who shall prosecute to effect, and the other half to the treasury of the town where the offence is committed, and every person who shall be convicted a second time of a like offence shall be disfranchised.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 691 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

这是康涅狄格州的一条法律:任何人不得为了选举议员或其他官员而提供或接受金钱、礼物、费用或报酬,也不得为了换取选票而许诺或给予任何好处。违反者罚款17美元,一半给举报者,一半给镇财政。第二次再犯,将被剥夺选举权。这条法律用经济惩罚和剥夺政治权利来遏制选举贿赂。

上下文

这是19世纪康涅狄格州选举法规的摘录,巴纳姆在自传中引用以表明自己反对贿赂的立场。

今日一问

你认为用罚款和剥夺选举权来惩罚贿选有效吗?为什么?

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