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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 33.13.23.02" title_num="33" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="23" heading="Applicability.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual who is not a candidate may establish an exploratory committee for a public office.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A person may establish a draft committee for a public office for an individual only if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The draft committee is established not in coordination or cooperation with the individual it is intends to encourage to seek public office; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The individual the draft committee intends to encourage for public office is not a candidate.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>