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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="1-303" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions and General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “voter information material” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>campaign literature that is campaign material under Title 13, Subtitle 4 of this article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>registration or voting information issued by the State Board or a local board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to apartment buildings, condominiums, or other multifamily residential structures where access to the entrance of individual residential units is restricted by the owner or governing board of the entire structure.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The owner or governing board of a multifamily residential structure shall designate a public area within the structure where, for the 60–day period immediately prior to each primary election and general election, voter information material may be distributed or deposited.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The designated public area shall be readily accessible to the residents of the structure.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Voter information material deposited in the designated public area shall remain available for residents of the structure for a period of at least 10 days.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On written notification by a person whose rights under this section were violated, the local board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>notify the owner or governing board regarding the apparent violation and the requirements of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>request compliance with the requirements of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
