(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.
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