(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a candidate in any political convention or in any primary or final election, or any person, from employing and maintaining a proper clerical or office force so employed and maintained in good faith, nor to prevent any political parties, candidates, nominees, and organizations from disseminating literature and defraying the expense of public speakers, nor from announcing any candidacy in any newspaper.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the hiring of conveyances for voters who may be sick or otherwise unable to go to the polls; provided, that such expenses shall in no case exceed those allowed by law.