Ch. 264                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Section 13-245

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2003 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article - Election Law

13-245.

(a)     In this section, "walk-around services" means the following activities if
performed for money while the polls are open:

(1)     distributing campaign material;

(2)     stationing a person, including oneself, or an object in the path of a
voter;

(3)     electioneering or canvassing as described in § 16-206 of this article;

(4)     communicating in any other manner a voting preference or choice; or

(5)     performing any other service as a poll worker or distributor of sample
ballots.

(b)     This section does not apply to:

(1)     meals, beverages, and refreshments served to campaign workers;

(2)     salaries of regularly employed personnel in campaign headquarters;

(3)     media advertising, including newspaper, radio, television, billboard,
or aerial advertising;

(4)     rent and regular office expenses; or

(5)     the cost of telephoning voters or transporting voters to and from
polling places.

(c)      (1) A campaign finance entity, or a person acting on its behalf, [may not
at any time, directly or indirectly, pay or incur an obligation to pay, and a person may
not, directly or indirectly, receive any money or thing of value, fort

(1) a political endorsement;; or.

(2) walk around services]

(I) A CAMPAIGN FINANCE ENTITY, OR A PERSON ACTING ON ITS
BEHALF, THAT PAYS ANY PERSON FOR A POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT OR
WALK-AROUND SERVICES SHALL MAKE ALL PAYMENTS BY CHECK FROM A
CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT DESIGNATED UNDER § 13-220(A) OF THIS SUBTITLE.

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