HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2311

in a county or Baltimore City and all or part of another county
or counties; and

(5)  The local board of the county or Baltimore City
and the State Administrative Board of Election Laws if the
committee supported or opposed candidates filing their
certificates of candidacy with both the local board and the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws; and

(6)  The local board and the State Administrative
Board of Election Laws if the committee has promoted the success
or defeat of a local principle or local proposition submitted to
a vote at an election in that county or Baltimore City and has
promoted the success or defeat of a political party, statewide
principle, statewide proposition, or other principle or
proposition submitted to a vote at an election in more than one
county or Baltimore City.

(E) THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS, OR THE
APPROPRIATE LOCAL BOARD, SHALL NOTIFY, BY FIRST CLASS MAIL, A
CHAIRMAN, TREASURER AND CANDIDATE IN THE CASE OF A CANDIDATE
COMMITTEE OR CHAIRMAN AND TREASURER IN THE CASE OF ANY OTHER
COMMITTEE AT LEAST 15, NO MORE THAN 20 NOR LESS THAN 10 DAYS
PRIOR TO EACH APPLICABLE FILING DATE, THAT THE APPROPRIATE
REPORTS ARE REPORT IS REQUIRED TO BE FILED.

(E) EACH CANDIDATE, THE TREASURER OF EACH CANDIDATE, AND
THE CHAIRMAN AND TREASURER OF EACH COMMITTEE SHALL BE NOTIFIED BY
THE ELECTIONS BOARD WITH WHICH THAT PERSON FILES REPORTS UNDER
THIS SECTION, BY FIRST CLASS MAIL AND NO MORE THAN 20 NOR LESS
THAN 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE APPLICABLE FILING DATE, OF EACH REPORT
THAT PERSON IS REQUIRED TO FILE. THE NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE THE
FILING DATE, THE PLACE FOR FILING, THE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO
FILE A TIMELY REPORT, AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND BUSINESS HOURS
OF THE OFFICE WHERE THE REPORT IS TO BE FILED.

[(e)] (F) Any report shall be considered timely if it is
mailed on or before the filing deadline, regardless of when it is
actually received, if the United States Postal Service has
provided verification of that fact by affixing a mark so
indicating on either the envelope or any receipt therefor. Unless
a report is mailed, the boards and the State Administrative Board
of Election Laws shall provide a receipt for each report
received.

[(f)] (G) The provisions of this section shall apply to all
committees and treasurers for candidates for public or party
office located outside of the geographic boundaries of the State
with respect to all expenditures of funds within the State of
Maryland.

[(g)] (H) For purposes of this section, the failure to
provide all of the information required by the forms prescribed
in accordance with § 26-12, to the extent applicable, is a
failure to file.