WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                     Ch. 9 9

generally relating to electioneering in Kent, Cecil, and
Queen Anne's Counties.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 33 - Election Code
Section 24-23(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

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)  (I) To canvass, electioneer or post any campaign
material in [said] THE polling place or 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".

(II) In Anne Arundel, CECIL, [and] Harford,

KENT, AND QUEEN ANNE'S counties, [no] A person may NOT

canvass, electioneer, or post any campaign literature or material
on election day in a polling place or within a 300 foot radius

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