1. A. A person may not directly or indirectly give, offer, or promise money, aid, a gift, an advantage, a preferment, an emolument, or any other valuable thing to another person for the purpose of inducing or procuring that person to vote or refrain from voting for or against:

   1. (1) An individual, question, or measure at an election or political convention; or
   2. (2) The election of an officer by the General Assembly.
2. B. A person may not directly or indirectly receive, accept, request, or solicit money, aid, a gift, an advantage, a preferment, an emolument, or any other valuable thing from another person for the purpose of inducing or procuring a third person to vote or refrain from voting for or against an individual, question, or measure at an election or political convention.
3. C. A person may not vote or refrain from voting for or against an individual, question, or measure at an election or a political convention, in consideration of money, aid, a gift, an advantage, a preferment, an emolument, or any other valuable thing paid, received, accepted, or promised to the advantage of that person or of another person.
4. D. A person may not directly or indirectly give a contribution or contributions to a political committee in a name other than the person’s name.
5. E. Deep Fake. A person may not willfully or knowingly influence or attempt to influence a voter’s decision to go to the polls or to cast a vote by publishing, distributing, or disseminating material constituting or containing a deep fake within 90 days before an election without meeting the same requirements imposed on political committees under COMAR 33.13.07.02H.

Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 13-602, and 16-201(a), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 29, 2016 (43:4 Md. R. 338)

Regulation .01 amended effective July 11, 2022 (49:14 Md. R. 705)

Regulation .02E adopted effective July 11, 2022 (49:14 Md. R. 705)