Md. Code Ann., Elec. Law § 16-401
Improper actions for purpose of inducing another to sign petitions
Effective Jan 1, 2003Added as Art. 33, § 16-401, by Acts 1998, c. 585, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Transferred to Election Law § 16-401 by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.State of Maryland
(a) A person may not willfully and knowingly:
- (1) give, transfer, promise, or offer anything of value for the purpose of inducing another person to sign or not sign any petition;
- (2) request, receive, or agree to receive, anything of value as an inducement to sign or not to sign any petition;
- (3) misrepresent any fact for the purpose of inducing another person to sign or not to sign any petition;
- (4) sign the name of any other person to a petition;
- (5) falsify any signature or purported signature to a petition;
- (6) obtain, or attempt to obtain, any signature to a petition by fraud, duress, or force;
- (7) circulate, cause to be circulated, or file with an election authority a petition that contains any false, forged, or fictitious signatures;
- (8) sign a petition that the person is not legally qualified to sign;
- (9) sign a petition more than once; or
- (10) alter any petition after it is filed with the election authority.
- (b) Each violation of this section shall be considered a separate offense.
- (c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to the penalties provided in Subtitle 10 of this title.
Added as Art. 33, § 16-401, by Acts 1998, c. 585, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. Transferred to Election Law § 16-401 by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 291, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.
Formerly Art. 33, § 16-401.