Maryland Corporations and Associations Section 5-6B-18.2

      (a)      In this section, "candidate sign" means a sign on behalf of a candidate for public office or a slate of candidates for public office.

      (b)      Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a cooperative housing corporation may not prohibit or restrict the display of:

            (1)      A candidate sign; or

            (2)      A sign that advertises the support or defeat of any question submitted to the voters in accordance with the Election Law Article.

      (c)      A recorded covenant or restriction, a provision in a declaration, or a provision in the bylaws or rules of a cooperative housing corporation may restrict the display of a candidate sign or a sign that advertises the support or defeat of any proposition:

            (1)      In any areas constituting those portions of a cooperative project possessed in common by the members;

            (2)      In accordance with provisions of federal, State, and local law; or

            (3)      If a limitation to the time period during which signs may be displayed is not specified by a law governing the jurisdiction in which the cooperative housing corporation is located, to a time period not less than:

                  (i)      30 days before the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition; and

                  (ii)      7 days after the primary election, general election, or vote on the proposition.