MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           2975

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 33 — Election Code

Section 2—6

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 1-1 (a) (3A) be and it is hereby
added to Article 33 — Election Code, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1971
Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code

1-1.

(a) As used in this article the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated unless a contrary
meaning is clearly intended from the context in which the
term appears:

(3A) "CAMPAIGN MANAGER" MEANS ANY PERSON APPOINTED
OR DESIGNATED BY ANY CANDIDATE, OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE, TO
EXERCISE GENERAL OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONDUCT
OF A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
2—6 of Article 33 — Election Code, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)
be and it is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code

2-6.

Subject to the provisions of Article 64A, Annotated
Code of Maryland, or, in the case of a board covered by a
local merit system as provided in Article 64A, § 9G (f),
subject to the rules and regulations of the personnel
officials of the county in which the board is located,
each board has the power to appoint and remove, clerks,
registrars, voting machine custodians, stenographers, and
other employees who shall be registered voters of the
State of Maryland. During the time of acting in any
capacity under this section, no employee shall hold any
public or party office or be a candidate for any public
or party office; use his official authority or influence
for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the
result of an election; or take an active part in