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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ELECTION LAW 15-102

  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Comptroller” means the Comptroller of the State.

(c) “Contribution card” means a document signed, including by electronic signature, by a donor attesting that the contribution made to a campaign is made with the personal funds of the donor.

(d) “Eligible gubernatorial ticket” means a gubernatorial ticket that qualifies to receive a public contribution.

(e) “Eligible private contribution” means a monetary private contribution from an individual who is a resident of the State that does not exceed $250 in the aggregate for the election cycle and is accompanied by a contribution card.

(f) “Fund” means the “Fair Campaign Financing Fund”.

(g) “Gubernatorial ticket” means a Governor-Lieutenant Governor unit.

(h) “Private contribution” means a contribution or series of contributions from an individual that does not exceed $250 in the aggregate for the election cycle in which the contribution is made.

(i) “Public contribution” means money distributed from the Fund to a gubernatorial ticket under this title.