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Ch. 44
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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"elector slate" shall mean a slate of candidates who have been
nominated in a state for the position of presidential elector in
association with a presidential slate;
"chief election official" shall mean the state official or body
that is authorized to certify the total number of popular votes for
each presidential slate;
"presidential elector" shall mean an elector for president
and Vice President of the United States;
"presidential elector certifying official" shall mean the
state official or body that is authorized to certify the appointment
of the state's presidential electors;
"presidential slate" shall mean a slate of two persons, the
first of whom has been nominated as a candidate for president of
the United States and the second of whom has been nominated as a
candidate for vice president of the united states, or any legal
successors to such persons, regardless of whether both names
appear on the ballot presented to the voter in a particular state;
"state" shall mean a state of the united states and the
District of Columbia; and
"statewide popular election" shall mean a general election in
which votes are cast for presidential slates by individual voters
and counted on a statewide basis.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of this Act may
not take effect until the interstate compact entitled "Agreement Among the States to
Elect the President by National Popular Vote" is enacted in substantially the same
form by states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes and the
enactments of the compact have taken effect in each state; that Section 1 of this Act
shall only govern the appointment of presidential electors in any year in which the
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote is, on
July 20, in effect in states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes;
that all the states of the United States are requested to concur in this Act of the
General Assembly of Maryland by the enactment of a similar Act; and that the
Department of Legislative Services shall notify the appropriate officials of the
combined states of the enactment of this Act.
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