Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 6B - Maryland Cooperative Housing Corporation Act
Section 5-6B-23 - Election Related Candidate Signs or Signs Advertising Questions or Propositions

(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.

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