MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1737

CHAPTER 473
(House Bill 865)
AN ACT concerning

Anne Arundel County — Illegal Electioneering

FOR the purpose of providing that, in Anne Arundel
County, no person may canvass, electioneer, or post
any campaign literature and material on election day
in a polling place or within a 300 foot radius from
the entrance and exit of the building closest to
that part of the building in which voting occurs.

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments.

Article 33 — Election Code

Section 24-23 (a) (4)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 24-23(a)(4) of Article 33 -
Election Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code
24-23.

(a) The following offenses shall be punished as in
this section provided. For any person:

(1)    Wilfully to destroy or deface any ballot or to
take or remove any ballot outside of the enclosure
provided for voting, before the close of the polls; or

(2)    Wilfully to delay the delivery of any ballot;

or

(3)   On or before the day of any election to have or
retain in his possession any official ballot printed for
said election unless such possession by him is necessary
or appropriate and designed for the purpose of carrying
out the true intent and meaning of this article; or

(4)    To canvass, electioneer or post any campaign
material in said polling place or within a one hundred
foot radius from the entrance and exit of the building