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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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"GUBERNATORIAL TICKET" MEANS A GOVERNOR-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
UNIT.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This, subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 33, § 15-102(b).
The term "[g]ubernatorial ticket" is substituted for the former term
"[c]andidate" for clarity and because the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor may not run for office as individual candidates but must run as
a unit. Moreover, the defined term "candidate" is used throughout this
article to mean an individual who runs for office. See § 1-101 of this
article.
The Election Law Article Review Committee notes, for consideration by the
General Assembly, that this title appears to envision that a gubernatorial
ticket must formally file a certificate of candidacy as a unit before seeking
to qualify for public financing under this title. Current law apparently
excludes an individual seeking the gubernatorial nomination from being
eligible to qualify for public financing in the early stages of an election
campaign before the individual has formally designated a lieutenant
governor candidate as a running mate under § 5-205 of this article. This
result seems anomalous in light of the usual treatment of a governor and
lieutenant governor candidate under this article wherein each candidate
has a separate contribution limit per election cycle. See, e.g., letter dated
July 30, 1997 from Mary O. Lunden, Assistant Attorney General, to Bruce
L. Marcus, Esquire.
(G) PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION.
"PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION" MEANS MONEY DISTRIBUTED FROM THE FUND TO A
GUBERNATORIAL TICKET UNDER THIS TITLE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 33, § 15-102(g).
As to the substitution of the phrase "gubernatorial ticket" for the former
word "candidate", see the Revisor's Note to subsection (f) of this section.
(H) SEED MONEY
"SEED MONEY" MEANS CUMULATIVE ELIGIBLE PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS
EQUALING 10% OR MORE OF THE EXPENDITURE LIMIT PRESCRIBED UNDER § 15-105
OF THIS TITLE FOR AN ELECTION.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is hew language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 33, § 15-102(h).
The reference to contributions equaling 10% "or more" of the expenditure
limit is added for clarity.
The reference to "cumulative" eligible private contributions is substituted
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