# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 13 — Campaign Financing

### Chapter 23 — Exploratory Committees

#### Regulation .02 Applicability.

*COMAR 33.13.23.02*

A. An individual who is not a candidate may establish an exploratory committee for a public office.

B. A person may establish a draft committee for a public office for an individual only if:

  (1) The draft committee is established not in coordination or cooperation with the individual it is intends to encourage to seek public office; and

  (2) The individual the draft committee intends to encourage for public office is not a candidate.