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§ 13-245. Payment for political endorsements and walk-around services

West's Annotated Code of MarylandElection Law

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Election Law (Refs & Annos)
Title 13. Campaign Finance (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2. Campaign Finance Organization and Activity (Refs & Annos)
Part VIII. Expenditures--Miscellaneous Provisions
MD Code, Election Law, § 13-245
Formerly cited as MD CODE Art. 33, § 13-209
§ 13-245. Payment for political endorsements and walk-around services
Currentness
Walk-around services defined
(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.
Application of section
(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.
Payment for political endorsement prohibited
(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, for a political endorsement.
(2)(i) A campaign finance entity, or a person acting on its behalf, that pays any person for walk-around services shall make all payments by check from a campaign account designated under § 13-220(a) of this subtitle.
(ii) All payments made under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be reported in accordance with § 13-304 of this title.

Credits

Added by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2004, c. 264, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004.
Formerly Art. 33, § 13-209.
MD Code, Election Law, § 13-245, MD ELEC LAW § 13-245
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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