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18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting
Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(12), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)
Link?
Lol what? Can you seriously not copy and paste 18 U.S. Code § 597 into any search engine for the internet?
Google
How do I find the official source tho? The internet is full of misinformation and google loves to send me to content marketing third party untrustworthy trash.
Yes, you should always post a link to the authorative source
They are literally citing the law. That's better than a link because links change all the time, but the citation remains valid because it's referring to a code section and not some ephemeral html.
Depending on what you're looking for (law or regulations), the official sites are code.house.gov or the Electronic Code of Federal regulations (ecfr.gov).
What? You have that backwards.
Laws change. Links will ensure you get the latest info.
The official source is the US government..which is why they cited 18 U.S. Code § 597
Honestly, it should be self explanatory that is laws/codes would be from official American government websites.
Normally i would agree that links should be provided but if someone's cites a specific law/code, the government site (state or federal, depending on what's being cited) should be the immediate source of information.
We're not going to handicap ourselves because you have an aversion for googling. Learn to research. It's legal code...gee I wonder if a .gov link might be legit.
You're on a link sharing website saying you dont want to share links. Is this your first time on the Internet?
Welcome, we share links here.
It's not that you asked for a link, it's your low effort way of asking that implies you are already skeptical of the information.
"Hey! I googled to look for it and I'm having a hard time finding where it officially says the statute. Mind sharing a link?"
They probably would have said "No problem. Let me google that for you. Here..."
I'm not asking for me. I'm trying to let you know that you should always cite your sources. The link is something you should always provide when you quote something.
This is just one link, there are better ones I'm sure on a .gov site. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter29&edition=prelim
While Google has been circling down the toilet lately, if you at least try searching for what you want, and use half a brain to think about what you're looking at, it's not exactly super difficult. I have to Google similar stuff for work sometimes, and .gov is pretty much a sure thing that you're getting a government source, which is pretty good when you're looking for a government's laws. I also get different major colleges, which is just as good. Especially since you're reading legalese, not commentary on the law or whatever.
Or we can all do our duty to each other and share authorative sources to fight misinformation
I'm a random guy on the Internet. Frankly you should be doing your due diligence the same way you would on a Google search result anyway.