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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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, 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Election Law § 13-245 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/election-law/md-code-elec-law-sect-13-245/
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