WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 12

general overall responsibility for the conduct of a political
campaign.

(4)  "Candidate" means any person who files a
certificate of candidacy for any public or party office.
"Candidate" includes, for purposes of the fair election practices
subtitle, an incumbent judge of the Court of Appeals or Court of
Special Appeals at an election for continuance in office.

(4A) "Central committee" means the local or statewide
governing body of a political party, as appropriate in the
context.

(5)  "Contributions" means the gift, transfer or
promise of gift or transfer of money or other thing of value to
any candidate, or his representative, or a representative of any
political party or partisan organization to promote or assist in
the promotion of the success or defeat of any candidate,
political party, principle or proposition submitted to a vote at
any election.

(6)  "Election" means the process by which voters of
the State, or any county or city thereof, vote for any party or
public officer pursuant to the laws of this State or the United
States, any constitution or constitutional amendment, public law,
public act or proposition and unless otherwise indicated shall
include all elections, primary, general, special, local,
congressional, presidential, or statewide. It does not mean any
municipal election other than in Baltimore City unless otherwise
specifically provided for in this article.

(6A) "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.

(7)  "Expenditure" means any gift, transfer,
disbursement or promise of money or valuable thing by any
candidate, treasurer, or other agent of such candidate, political
party or partisan organization to promote or assist in the
promotion of the success or defeat of any candidate, political
party, principle or proposition submitted to a vote at any
election.

(8)  "General election" means that election held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month of
November, at which the voters of the State vote for candidates
for President of the United, States or Governor and, in Baltimore
City, this means the municipal election for mayor held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in any year in
which a municipal election is to be held in the city.

(8A) "Handicapped" means having a temporary or
permanent physical disability.

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