Art. VII, § 8

Disqualification for bribery and other crimes

Limit Public Officers & Employees Art. VII · Public Officers and Employees

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(a) Every person shall be disqualified from holding any office of profit in this State who shall have been convicted of having given or offered a bribe to procure personal election or appointment.

(b) Laws shall be made to exclude persons convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, malfeasance in office, or other high crimes from office or serving on juries. The privilege of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper practice.

History: Sec. 8 added June 8, 1976, by Prop. 14. Res.Ch. 5, 1976.

3 provisions here

(a) Every person shall be disqualified from holding any office of profit in this State who shall have been convicted of having given or offered a bribe to procure personal election or appointment limit
Who is bound
- Every person who shall have been convicted of having given or offered a bribe to procure personal election or appointment
Forbids
- holding any office of profit in this State
(b) Laws shall be made to exclude persons convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, malfeasance in office, or other high crimes from office or serving on juries duty
(b) The privilege of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper practice right
Requires
- laws regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper practice

Simplified explanation

A person convicted of giving or offering a bribe to get elected or appointed is disqualified from any office of profit. Laws must exclude those convicted of bribery, perjury and other high crimes from office and juries, and protect free suffrage against undue influence.

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