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« on: September 24, 2015, 02:52:09 AM »

Well as far as federal law, the general statute against bribery of public officials is 18 U.S.C. § 201, but I don't think you can stretch the statute's definition of "public official" to include electors:
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I think you'd be hard-pressed to argue that electors are part of any branch of the federal government.

So you'd have to look to state bribery laws for your answer. 
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