It shall be unlawful for any candidate for mayor or associate commissioner, or for any other person in his or her behalf, to hire or pay, or agree to pay, any person to solicit votes at the polls on election day, and it shall also be unlawful for any person to accept such hire, or make such contract for pay, to solicit votes for any candidate for mayor or associate commissioner.
Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.37 (1975)