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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 723

this section and § 26—11 of this article.
26-8.

(a)    Any person who is a WRITE-IN CANDIDATE OR A
candidate for nomination for public office or a candidate
for public or party office may make voluntary
contributions or payment of money to any treasurer or
subtreasurer, subject to the provisions and restrictions
of this article and for any of the purposes permitted by
this article and for no other purposes.

(b)    Any person who is a WRITE-IN CANDIDATE OR A
candidate for nomination for public office or a candidate
for public or party office may pay his own personal
expenses for filing fees, telegrams, telephoning, travel
and board. The payment of such personal expenses shall
not be subject to the limitation provided in subsection
(c) of this section.

(c)    No WRITE-IN CANDIDATE OR candidate for
nomination or election to a public or party office shall
expend or permit to be expended, either directly or
indirectly, from his or her personal funds, in either the
primary or the general election, an amount in excess of
the amounts set forth hereafter respectively for the
office to be sought, nor shall said candidate make or
permit to be made any payment, contribution, expenditure
or promise or incur any liability to pay, contribute or
expend, from his own personal financial resources, any
money or thing of value in excess of the following
respective amounts by a candidate for nomination or
election to the office respectively set forth as follows:

Candidate for State—wide office or for the

United States Senate................ $20,000;

Candidate for city—wide office in Baltimore
City................................

Candidate for representative in Congress..

Candidate for office in a voting district
with a voting registration of not
less than 200,000...................

Candidate for office in a voting district
with a voting registration of not
less than 100,000 or not more than
200,000.............................

Candidate for office in a voting district
with a voting registration of not
less than 40,000 or not more than

$15,000;
$10,000;

$10,000;
$ 7,500;