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MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Section 13-103 - Summary of Campaign Finance Law; Forms

    (a)    (1)    The State Board shall prepare a summary of the election law that relates to campaign finance activity and provide for distribution of the summary.        (2)    When a certificate of candidacy is filed, the board receiving the certificate shall provide the candidate with:            (i)    a copy of the summary; and            (ii)    each form the candidate is required to file under this title.    (b)    The State Board shall provide to a local board samples of such of the forms required under this title as the local board may request.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Section 13-104 - Acceptance of Electronic Signature

    The State Board may accept an electronic signature for any form, document, report, or affidavit required by the State Board under this title.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 5 - Local Provisions|Section 13-501 - Special Provisions -- Prince George's County

    As to contributions to the Prince George’s County Executive, a member of the Prince George’s County Council, or a candidate for either of those offices, Title 5, Subtitle 8, Part V of the General Provisions Article may apply.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 5 - Local Provisions|Section 13-502 - Special Provisions -- Montgomery County

    As to contributions to the Montgomery County Executive, a member of the County Council of Montgomery County, or a candidate for either of those offices, Title 5, Subtitle 8, Part VI of the General Provisions Article may apply.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 5 - Local Provisions|Section 13-503 - Special Provisions -- Howard County

    As to contributions to the Howard County Executive, a member of the County Council of Howard County, or a candidate for either of those offices, Title 5, Subtitle 8, Part VIII of the General Provisions Article may apply.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 5 - Local Provisions|Section 13-504 - Special Provisions -- Frederick County

    As to contributions to the County Executive of Frederick County or to a member of the Frederick County Council or a candidate for election as the County Executive of Frederick County or as a member of the Frederick County Council, Title 5, Subtitle 8, Part IX of the General Provisions Article may apply.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-504.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 5 - Local Provisions|Section 13-504.1 - Applicability of Maryland Public Ethics Law to Certain Members of Anne Arundel County

    As to contributions to the County Executive of Anne Arundel County or to a member of the Anne Arundel County Council or a candidate for election as the County Executive of Anne Arundel County or as a member of the Anne Arundel County Council, Title 5, Subtitle 8, Part XI of the General Provisions Article may apply.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 5 - Local Provisions|Section 13-505 - System of Public Campaign Financing

    (a)    (1)    Subject to the provisions of this section, the governing body of a county may establish, by law, a system of public campaign financing for elective offices in the executive or legislative branches of county government.        (2)    When establishing a system of public campaign financing for elective offices in the executive or legislative branches of county government, the governing body of a county shall:            (i)    specify the criteria that is to be used to determine whether an individual is eligible for public campaign financing; and            (ii)    provide the funding and staff necessary for the operation, administration, and auditing of the system of public campaign financing.    (b)    A system of public campaign financing enacted under subsection (a) of this section:        (1)    shall provide for participation of candidates in public campaign financing on a strictly voluntary basis;        (2)    may not regulate candidates who choose not to participate in public campaign financing;        (3)    shall prohibit the use of public campaign financing for any campaign except a campaign for county elective office;        (4)    shall require a candidate who accepts public campaign financing to:            (i)    establish a campaign finance entity solely for the campaign for county elective office; and            (ii)    use funds from that campaign finance entity only for the campaign for county elective office;        (5)    shall prohibit a candidate who accepts public campaign financing from transferring funds:            (i)    to the campaign finance entity established to finance the campaign for county elective office from any other campaign finance entity established for the candidate; and            (ii)    from the campaign finance entity established to finance the campaign for county elective office to any other campaign finance entity;        (6)    shall provide for a public election fund for county elective offices that is administered by the chief financial officer of the county; and        (7)    shall be subject to regulation and oversight by the State Board to ensure conformity with State law and policy to the extent practicable.    (c)    A system of public campaign financing enacted under subsection (a) of this section may:        (1)    provide for more stringent regulation of campaign finance activity by candidates who choose to accept public campaign financing, including contributions, expenditures, reporting, and campaign material, than is provided for by State law; and        (2)    provide for administrative penalties for violations, in accordance with § 10–202 of the Local Government Article.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts and Penalties|Section 13-601 - False Statements, Entries and Electronic Submissions

    (a)    A person may not willfully make a false, fraudulent, or misleading statement or entry in any campaign finance report or other filing that is under oath and is required by this article.    (b)    A person may not make an electronic submission of a prescribed form, affidavit, campaign finance report, or other document on behalf of another person without that person’s express consent.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of perjury and on conviction subject to the penalty provided under the Criminal Law Article.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-603 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts and Penalties|Section 13-603 - Other Violations -- Criminal Penalties

    Except as otherwise expressly provided in this subtitle, a person who knowingly and willfully violates a provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-604.2 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts and Penalties|Section 13-604.2 - Civil Penalties -- Campaign Finance Violations

    (a)    A candidate for election to the central committee of a political party shall pay a civil penalty of $1,000 in accordance with subsections (b) through (f) of this section if the candidate:        (1)    is not exempt from § 13–202 of this title and fails to conduct campaign finance activity through a campaign finance entity; or        (2)    violates § 13–221(c) or § 13–305.1 of this title.    (b)    (1)    If the State Prosecutor or the State’s Attorney with jurisdiction determines that a candidate is required to pay a civil penalty under subsection (a) of this section, the State Prosecutor, the State’s Attorney, or both shall issue to the candidate a civil citation that contains:            (i)    the name and address of the candidate cited;            (ii)    the nature, time, and place of the violation;            (iii)    the manner in which the violation occurred;            (iv)    the penalty for the violation;            (v)    the manner and time in which to pay the penalty;            (vi)    where to pay the penalty; and            (vii)    a statement that the candidate receiving the citation has a right to a trial in the District Court.        (2)    The prosecuting authority who issues a citation under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall file the citation in the District Court.    (c)    The citation shall be served in accordance with the Maryland Rules.    (d)    (1)    On receipt of the return of service, the District Court shall schedule the case for trial and notify the candidate named in the citation of the trial date.        (2)    The trial in the District Court shall be conducted in the same manner as set forth for municipal infractions under §§ 6–108, 6–109, and 6–111 through 6–115 of the Local Government Article.        (3)    An adjudication of a violation under this subsection:            (i)    is not a criminal conviction; and            (ii)    does not carry with it any of the civil disabilities that arise from a criminal conviction.    (e)    A candidate who is adjudicated in violation as set forth in a citation issued under subsection (b) of this section is liable for the cost of the District Court proceedings.    (f)    If a candidate who has been served with a citation fails to appear for trial, the District Court, at the request of the prosecutor, may dismiss the citation or enter a civil judgment against the candidate:        (1)    in favor of the State Board;        (2)    in accordance with the Maryland Rules; and        (3)    in an amount of $1,000.    (g)    Penalties collected under this section shall be distributed to the Fair Campaign Financing Fund established under § 15–103 of this article.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  13-605 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 13 - Campaign Finance|Subtitle 6 - Prohibited Acts and Penalties|Section 13-605 - Injunction

    (a)    The Secretary of State may seek an immediate injunction against any violation of this title.    (b)    A person who violates an injunction issued under this section:        (1)    is in criminal contempt; and        (2)    is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 1 - Voter Registration|Section 16-101 - Offenses Relating to Registration

    (a)    A person may not willfully and knowingly:        (1)    impersonate a voter or other person in order to register or attempt to register in the name of the voter or other person;        (2)    register to vote more than once;        (3)    falsify residence in an attempt to register in the wrong location;        (4)    secure registration through any unlawful means;        (5)    cause by unlawful means the name of a qualified voter to be stricken from the statewide voter registration list;        (6)    prevent, hinder, or delay a person having a lawful right to register from registering, through the use of force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward, or offer of reward;        (7)    falsify any name on a registration;        (8)    misrepresent any fact relating to registration; or        (9)    induce or attempt to induce a person to violate any prohibition in items (1) through (8) of this subsection.    (b)    A person acting under color of law may not discriminate against an individual based on the individual’s declination to register to vote or voter registration information.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years or both.    (d)    A person who violates this section is subject to § 5–106(b) of the Courts Article.    (e)    A person who unintentionally becomes registered to vote under § 3–203 of this article:        (1)    shall be considered to have become registered to vote based on information provided to the State Board by an automatic voter registration agency; and        (2)    may not be considered to have violated this section because of the unintended registration.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 2 - Voting and Electoral Operations|Section 16-201 - Offenses Relating to Voting

    (a)    A person may not willfully and knowingly:        (1)    (i)    impersonate another person in order to vote or attempt to vote; or            (ii)    vote or attempt to vote under a false name;        (2)    vote more than once for a candidate for the same office or for the same ballot question;        (3)    vote or attempt to vote more than once in the same election, or vote in more than one election district or precinct;        (4)    vote in an election district or precinct without the legal authority to vote in that election district or precinct;        (5)    influence or attempt to influence a voter’s voting decision through the use of force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward, or offer of reward;        (6)    influence or attempt to influence a voter’s decision whether to go to the polls to cast a vote through the use of force, fraud, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward, or offer of reward; or        (7)    engage in conduct that results or has the intent to result in the denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race, color, or disability.    (b)    Except as provided in § 16–1002 of this title, a person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years or both.    (c)    A person who violates this section is subject to § 5–106(b) of the Courts Article.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 2 - Voting and Electoral Operations|Section 16-202 - Voting by Person Convicted of Felony; Conditions

    (a)    A person who has been convicted of a felony and is currently serving a court–ordered sentence of imprisonment for the conviction, and has been rendered ineligible to vote pursuant to § 3–102(b) of this article, may not vote or attempt to vote during the time that the person is rendered ineligible to vote.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 2 - Voting and Electoral Operations|Section 16-203 - Disobeying Lawful Command of Election Official

    (a)    A person may not willfully disobey the lawful command of an election official at a polling place on election day.    (b)    A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $250 or imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months or both.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 2 - Voting and Electoral Operations|Section 16-204 - Disturbing the Peace

    (a)    A person may not hinder or impede the conduct of official electoral activities by:        (1)    breach of the peace;        (2)    disorder; or        (3)    violence or threat of violence.    (b)    A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than 1 year or by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or both.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 2 - Voting and Electoral Operations|Section 16-205 - Interfering With Election Officials

    (a)    (1)    A person may not interfere with an election official in the performance of the official duties of the election official.        (2)    A person may not interfere with an individual lawfully present at a polling place or at the canvass of votes.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not less than 3 months nor more than 1 year or both.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 2 - Voting and Electoral Operations|Section 16-206 - Offenses as to Ballots and Balloting in General

    (a)    A person may not:        (1)    place any distinguishing mark on the person’s own or another person’s ballot for the purpose of identifying the ballot;        (2)    misrepresent the person’s ability to mark a ballot or operate voting equipment;        (3)    interfere or attempt to interfere with a voter while the voter is inside the polling room, marking a ballot, or operating voting equipment;        (4)    induce or attempt to induce a voter to mark the voter’s ballot in a certain way;        (5)    except for servicing by an authorized person, unlock any locked compartment of a voting device unless instructed to do so by the election director;        (6)    destroy or deface a ballot;        (7)    remove a ballot from a building in which voting occurs, except as otherwise provided in this article;        (8)    delay the delivery of a ballot;        (9)    possess on or before the day of election an official ballot printed for the election, unless the possession of the ballot is necessary and appropriate for carrying out the election process; or        (10)    canvass, electioneer, or post any campaign material in the polling place or beyond a line established by signs posted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.    (b)    (1)    At each polling place, one election judge from each principal political party shall be designated by the local board and, acting jointly, shall post signs delineating a line around the entrance and exit of the building that are closest to that part of the building in which voting occurs.        (2)    (i)    Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, 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.            (ii)    In Montgomery County, on approval of the local board, the line may be located at any point between 25 feet and 100 feet from the entrance and exit.        (3)    The signs shall contain the words “No Electioneering Beyond this Point”.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than 60 days or both.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 2 - Voting and Electoral Operations|Section 16-207 - Use of Alcoholic Beverages at a Polling Place

    (a)    In this section, “alcoholic beverages” has the meaning provided in § 1–101 of the Alcoholic Beverages Article.    (b)    A person may not bring, send, or attempt to bring or send any alcoholic beverages into a polling place during the hours that the polling place is open.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 3 - Conduct of Election Officials|Section 16-301 - Neglect of Duties; Corrupt or Fraudulent Acts

    (a)    An election official or an official of a political party may not willfully neglect official duties under this article or engage in corrupt or fraudulent acts in the performance of official duties under this article.    (b)    A person who violates this section is subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than 3 years or both.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 3 - Conduct of Election Officials|Section 16-302 - Tampering With Election Records

    (a)    A person may not fraudulently tamper with election records of any kind, whether on paper or in any other medium.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 3 - Conduct of Election Officials|Section 16-303 - Operation of Polling Place

    (a)    An election judge, while performing official duties at a polling place, may not willfully and knowingly:        (1)    interfere in any way with the casting of a vote by a person who the election judge knows is lawfully entitled to vote at an election;        (2)    fail to challenge a person who the election judge has reason to believe is not entitled to vote;        (3)    refuse to follow the instructions of the election director with respect to the qualification of voters, the use of voting equipment, or the casting of votes; or        (4)    obstruct the view at any time of any person, lawfully present in the polling place, who wishes to see the ballot box or voting equipment used during an election.    (b)    An election judge who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment for not less than 3 months nor more than 2 years.
MD. Election Law Code Ann. §  16-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Election Law|Title 16 - Offenses and Penalties|Subtitle 3 - Conduct of Election Officials|Section 16-304 - Adding or Deleting Votes or Provisional Ballots

    (a)    In a polling place on election day, an election judge may not willfully and knowingly:        (1)    permit a ballot or ballots to be placed into a ballot receptacle prior to the time for voting; or        (2)    place a ballot in a ballot receptacle unless the ballot is offered by a properly registered voter or is a provisional ballot placed with other provisional ballots of the same character.    (b)    A person may not:        (1)    cause or permit a ballot, including a provisional ballot, to be cast or deposited in a ballot receptacle, voting device, or other receptacle designed for the collection of ballots other than by a person entitled under this article to cast a ballot; or        (2)    substitute, alter, add, or remove a submitted ballot from a ballot receptacle, voting device, or other receptacle designed for the collection of ballots, except when instructed to do so by the election director.    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years.