MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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26-17 (a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 2-6, 26-3 (a) and (c), 26-16(a)(7)
and 26-17(a) of Article 33 - Election Code, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and
1975 Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code
2-6.

Subject to the provisions of Article 64A [,Annotated
Code of Maryland,] OF THE CODE, 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]
MAY 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] DURING ANY PART OF HIS TENURE
IN OFFICE OR HIS EMPLOYMENT, AN EMPLOYEE MAY NOT 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 political management or in political campaigns.

[Provided that nothing] NOTHING in this section
shall be construed to apply to election judges, whatever
their title may be, or to attorneys to the election
boards. However, an election judge or an attorney to an
election board may not be a candidate for,], [[A CAMPAIGN

MANAGER FOR A CANDIDATE, OR]] A CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR A

CANDIDATE or, treasurer for a Candidate[. ] OR POLITICAL
COMMITTEE.

In Baltimore City the board [shall have no] MAY NOT
HAVE more than 45 employees, or as provided hereafter by
the secretary of personnel.

26-3.

(a) (1) Each candidate for nomination for, or
election to, public or party office, upon or before, and
as a condition precedent to qualifying as [such] A
candidate, shall appoint one campaign treasurer and shall
file the name and address of the campaign treasurer with
the board or with the State Administrative Board of
Election Laws as provided in subsection (c) of this
section. Every treasurer so appointed shall accept
[such] THE appointment, in writing, prior to [filing