1. A. 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. B. Electioneering Boundary.

   1. (1) Except as provided in §B(2) of this regulation, 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.
   2. (2) 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. C. The signs shall contain the words “No Electioneering Beyond this Point.”
4. D. An election judge is not required to delineate this area with a physical line on the ground.

Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4) and 2-202(b), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.06 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 1, 2000 (27:6 Md. R. 636); adopted permanently effective July 10, 2000 (27:13 Md. R. 1213)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 33.07.07 to 33.07.08 effective November 24, 2003 (30:23 Md. R. 1655)

Regulation .01 amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .06 amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 33.07.08 to 33.07.09 effective March 19, 2012 (39:5 Md. R. 384)

Regulation .06 recodified to be Regulation .03 effective February 29, 2016 (43:4 Md. R. 334)

Regulations .01—.03 recodified to be Regulations .02—.04 effective April 15, 2024 (51:7 Md. R. 334)

Regulation .01 adopted effective April 15, 2024 (51:7 Md. R. 334)