Section 13-242 – Payroll Deductions — Employee Membership Entities
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Affiliated political action committee” means a political action committee affiliated with an employee membership entity. (3) “Employee membership entity” means an organization whose membership includes employees of the employer. (b) If an employer withholds from employees by payroll deduction the employees’ dues to an employee membership entity: […]
Section 13-243 – Collections by Membership Entities
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Affiliated political action committee” means a political action committee affiliated with a membership entity. (3) “Membership entity” means an organization that collects dues from its members. (b) A membership entity may establish a program for periodically collecting from its members and accumulating voluntary contributions by the members […]
Section 13-245 – Prohibited Expenditures
(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 […]
Section 13-246 – Presentation of Claim for Payment
A person who claims that money is due from a campaign finance entity shall present a claim for payment to the treasurer or subtreasurer not later than 30 days after the election for which the liability was incurred.
Section 13-247 – Disposition of Surplus Funds
After all campaign expenditures have been made and before filing a final campaign finance report under Subtitle 3 of this title, any remaining balance in the account of a campaign finance entity shall be returned pro rata to the contributors or paid to: (1) if the campaign finance entity is a political committee formed to support […]
Section 13-212 – Campaign Manager
An individual may appoint a campaign manager by: (1) completing a form that the State Board prescribes and that includes the name and address of that campaign manager; and (2) filing the form with the board where the individual is required to file a certificate of candidacy.
Section 13-232 – Contributions — When Deemed Received
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a contribution is attributable to the election cycle in which it is received. (b) A contribution by check is attributable to the election cycle in which the check is issued.
Section 13-214 – Responsibility
(a) The responsible officers of a campaign finance entity are jointly and severally responsible for: (1) filing all campaign finance reports in full and accurate detail; and (2) except as otherwise provided in this title, all other actions of the entity. (b) Notice shall be provided to a campaign finance entity by serving the responsible officers. (c) The State Board […]
Section 13-233 – Right of Individual to Volunteer
This Part V of this subtitle does not affect the right of an individual to: (1) volunteer the individual’s time or, for transportation incident to an election, personal vehicle; or (2) pay reasonable legal expenses associated with maintaining or contesting the results of an election.
Section 13-215 – Qualifications and Eligibility
(a) Each chairman, treasurer, and campaign manager shall be a registered voter of the State. (b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a candidate may not act: (i) as the treasurer of a campaign finance entity of the candidate; or (ii) with respect to any other campaign finance entity: 1. as the campaign manager or treasurer; or 2. in any […]