§ NMSA 1978, § 1-20-11Offering a bribe

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Offering a bribe.
Offering a bribe consits [consists] of wilfully [willfully] advancing, paying, or causing to be paid,
or promising, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable consideration, office or employment, to any person for the following purposes connected with or incidental to any election:
A. to induce such person, if a voter, to vote or refrain from voting for or against any candidate,
proposition, question or constitutional amendment;
B. to induce such person, if a precinct board member or other election official, to mark, alter,
suppress or otherwise change any ballot that has been cast, any election return, or any certificate
of election; or
C. to induce such person to use such payment or promise to bribe others for the purposes specified in this section.
Whoever offers a bribe is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

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