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1975
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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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,
except as provided in this article, to take or remove any ballot
outside of the building in which voting occurs, 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 LIMITS PROVIDED BY SIGNS
POSTED BY THE ELECTION JUDGES UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH. THE CHIEF
JUDGES AT EACH POLLING PLACE SHALL POST SIGNS AT A CONVENIENT
LOCATION PROHIBITION ELECTION SIGNS WITHIN a 100 foot radius
[from] OF the entrance and exit of the building closest to that
part of the building in which voting occurs. However, in BEYOND A
LINE ESTABLISHED BY__SIGNS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
PARAGRAPH. AT EACH POLLING PLACE, 2 ELECTION JUDGES, 1 FROM EACH
PRINCIPAL POLITICAL PARTY, SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE ELECTION
BOARD AND, ACTING JOINTLY, SHALL POST SIGNS OUTLINING A__LINE
AROUND THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT OF THE BUILDING CLOSEST TO THAT PART
OF THE BUILDING IN WHICH VOTING OCCURS. THE LINE SHALL BE
LOCATED AS NEAR AS PRACTICABLE TO 100 FEET FROM THE ENTRANCE AND
EXIT AND SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AFTER CONSIDERATION OF THE
CONFIGURATION OF THE ENTRANCE AND THE EFFECT OF PLACEMENT ON
PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE FLOW OF PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
THE SIGNS SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING OR COMPARABLE LANGUAGE: "NO
ELECTIONEERING BEYOND THIS POINT". IN Anne Arundel and Harford
counties, no person may canvass, electioneer, or post any
campaign literature or 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.
(b) Violation of this section is punishable by fine of not
less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500) or shall be imprisoned in jail for not exceeding sixty
days, or shall be subject to both fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1983.
Approved May 31, 1983.
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