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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="16-206" title_number="16" title_name="Offenses and Penalties" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Voting and Electoral Operations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>place any distinguishing mark on the person’s own or another person’s ballot for the purpose of identifying the ballot;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>misrepresent the person’s ability to mark a ballot or operate voting equipment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>interfere or attempt to interfere with a voter while the voter is inside the polling room, marking a ballot, or operating voting equipment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>induce or attempt to induce a voter to mark the voter’s ballot in a certain way;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>except for servicing by an authorized person, unlock any locked compartment of a voting device unless instructed to do so by the election director;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>destroy or deface a ballot;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>remove a ballot from a building in which voting occurs, except as otherwise provided in this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>delay the delivery of a ballot;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>possess on or before the day of election an official ballot printed for the election, unless the possession of the ballot is necessary and appropriate for carrying out the election process;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>canvass, electioneer, or post any campaign material in the polling place or beyond a line established by signs posted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>canvass, electioneer, or post any campaign material in a manner that obstructs access to a ballot drop box; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>place any campaign material or any other unauthorized material on a ballot drop box.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, 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.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>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.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The signs shall contain the words “No Electioneering Beyond this Point”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than 60 days or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
