CHAPTER 44
(House Bill 148)
AN ACT concerning
Presidential Elections – Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote
FOR the purpose of altering certain methods of nominating presidential electors;
altering certain methods of electing presidential electors; repealing a certain
restriction governing elector voting; entering the State of Maryland into the
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote;
providing that any state is eligible to become a member state; requiring a
statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United
States; establishing a certain procedure for appointing presidential electors in
member states; specifying when the Agreement becomes effective; providing for
the withdrawal of a member state; requiring notification of member states;
specifying that the provisions of the Agreement are severable; defining certain
terms; making this Act subject to a certain contingency; and generally relating
to the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular
Vote.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
- Article – Election Law
- Section 8–503, 8–504, and 8–505
- Annotated Code of Maryland
- (2003 Volume and 2006 Supplement)
BY adding to
- Article – Election Law
- Section 8–5A–01 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 5A. Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote”
- Annotated Code of Maryland
- (2003 Volume and 2006 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article – Election Law
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