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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 418

or statement or any matter or statement which may be
copied by any device or method or which may hereafter be
used for making copies of printed or written matter in
any form whatever for publication or distribution,
relating to or concerning any candidate or prospective
candidate for public or party office or for the
acceptance or defeat of any proposition, shall maintain
for a period of one [hundred and twenty (120) days] YEAR
following each election a complete file of sample copies
of all matter printed, published, or [broadcast]
DISTRIBUTED by his authority.

(b)    "Distributor" includes any person or persons,
partnership, or corporation engaged in the distribution
of circulars, pamphlets, and other advertisements by hand
delivery [and/]or [by] direct mail for profit but does
not include salaried employees, agents, or volunteers of
the person or persons, partnerships, or corporations.

(c)    [Candidates or treasurers or subtreasurers and
every] A person subject to the requirements of subsection
(a) [of this section shall not be] IS NOT required to
maintain sample copies of billboards and placards.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect January 1, 1977.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 419

(House Bill 717)

AN ACT concerning

Election Code — Fair Election Practices

FOR the purpose of prohibiting election judges and
attorneys to election boards from serving as
campaign manager for a candidate or as treasurer for
a political committee; prohibiting any member or
employee of any election board from being a
candidate or a campaign manager; substituting the
term "campaign manager" for the term "political
agent" in certain areas of the law; making style
changes; permitting the distribution of certain
literature concerning write—in candidates; and
generally relating to actions of employees and
members of election boards.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 — Election Code

Sections 2-6, 26-3(a) and (c), 26-16(a)(7) and