§ C.R.S. § 1-13-720(untitled)

Unlawfully giving or promising money or employment or facilitating the
trading of votes. (1) It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, individually or through
any other person:
(a) To pay, loan, or contribute, or offer or promise to pay, loan, or contribute, any money
or other valuable consideration to or for any elector, or to or for any other person, to induce such
elector to vote or refrain from voting at any election provided by law or to induce any elector to
vote or refrain from voting at such election for any particular person or to induce such elector to
go to the polls or remain away from the polls at such election or on account of such elector
having voted or refrained from voting for any particular person or issue or having gone to the
polls or remained away from the polls at such election;
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(b) To advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any money or other valuable thing to or for
the use of any other person with the intent that the same, or any part thereof, shall be used in
bribery at any election provided by law or to knowingly pay, or cause to be paid, any money or
other valuable thing to any person in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or partially
expended in bribery at any such election;
(c) To give, offer, or promise any office, place, or employment or to promise, procure, or
endeavor to procure any office, place, or employment to or for any elector, or to or for any other
person, in order to induce such elector to vote or refrain from voting at any election provided by
law or to induce any elector to vote or refrain from voting at such election for any particular
person or issue; or
(d) To facilitate the trading of votes between an elector in the state or a person in another
state in exchange for the other person's vote for or against a particular candidate, ballot issue, or
ballot question. A violation of this subsection (1)(d) is a petty offense.
(2) Except for the offense set forth in subsection (1)(d) of this section, each offense set
forth in subsection (1) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.