# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 14 — Administration of Public Financing Act

### Chapter 02 — Eligibility Requirements and Procedures

#### Regulation .13 Electronic Signatures.

*COMAR 33.14.02.13*

A. Electronic Signatures. An individual may place an electronic signature on the contributor card.

B. Electronic Signatures — Process. An electronic signature:

  (1) Shall be affixed or entered directly by the signer onto an electronic copy of the contributor card; and

  (2) May not be pre-populated or otherwise entered by the signer by way of a check box, radio button, drop-down list, or other similar device, but instead must be entered or affixed by the signer by making affirmative marks into an empty field.

C. Electronic Signatures — Restrictions. An individual may not sign a contribution card with an electronic signature unless that individual affirms that the contribution:

  (1) Is being made from personal funds of the individual;

  (2) Is not being reimbursed or is not intended to be reimbursed in any manner;

  (3) Is not being made as a loan; and

  (4) If applicable, in the case of a credit card contribution, is made from a personal credit card account of the individual that has no corporate or business affiliation.