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Ch. 44
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2007 Laws of Maryland
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(2) The conduct of the meeting shall be consistent with the
requirements of federal law.
(b) (1) Before proceeding to perform the duties of their office, the
presidential electors who are present shall fill any vacancy in the office of elector,
whether the vacancy is caused by absence or other reason.
(2) An individual appointed to fill a vacancy is entitled to all rights
and privileges of the duly elected electors.
(c) After taking the oath prescribed by Article i, § 9 of the Maryland
Constitution before the Clerk of the Court of Appeals or, in the Clerk's absence, before
one of the Clerk's deputies, the presidential electors shall cast their votes for the
candidates for President and Vice President who received a plurality of the votes cast
in [the State of Maryland] the national popular vote total defined in §
8-5A-01 of this title.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:
Subtitle 5A. Agreement Among the States to Elect
the President by National Popular Vote.
8-5A-01.
The State of Maryland hereby enters the agreement among
the states to elect the president by national popular vote as set
forth in this section. the text of the agreement is as follows:
ARTICLE I. MEMBERSHIP.
any state of the united states and the District of Columbia
may become a member of this agreement by enacting this agreement.
ARTICLE II. RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE IN MEMBER STATES TO VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
Each member state shall conduct a statewide popular election
for President and Vice President of the United States.
ARTICLE III. MANNER OF APPOINTING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS IN
MEMBER STATES.
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