Maryland Election Law Section 13-245

      (a)      In this section, "walk-around services" means the following activities if performed for money while the polls are open:

            (1)      distributing campaign material;

            (2)      stationing a person, including oneself, or an object in the path of a voter;

            (3)      electioneering or canvassing as described in § 16-206 of this article;

            (4)      communicating in any other manner a voting preference or choice; or

            (5)      performing any other service as a poll worker or distributor of sample ballots.

      (b)      This section does not apply to:

            (1)      meals, beverages, and refreshments served to campaign workers;

            (2)      salaries of regularly employed personnel in campaign headquarters;

            (3)      media advertising, including newspaper, radio, television, billboard, or aerial advertising;

            (4)      rent and regular office expenses; or

            (5)      the cost of telephoning voters or transporting voters to and from polling places.

      (c)      (1)      A campaign finance entity, or a person acting on its behalf, may not at any time, directly or indirectly, pay or incur an obligation to pay, and a person may not, directly or indirectly, receive any money or thing of value, for a political endorsement.

            (2)      (i)      A campaign finance entity, or a person acting on its behalf, that pays any person for walk-around services shall make all payments by check from a campaign account designated under § 13-220(a) of this subtitle.

                  (ii)      All payments made under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be reported in accordance with § 13-304 of this title.