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This bill enacts the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act in California. The key provisions are: - It requires each political party and group of electors pledged to a presidential/vice presidential candidate to nominate alternate electors in addition to their elector nominees. - It requires electors and alternate electors to execute a pledge to cast their electoral ballots for the candidates they are pledged to, and provides that the pledge transfers to successor candidates if the original candidate dies or withdraws. - It specifies procedures for filling vacant elector positions, including allowing the Secretary of State to appoint substitute electors. - It requires the Secretary of State to preside over the meeting of electors, examine and accept ballots, and prepare and transmit the certificate of the vote. - It makes the existing criminal penalties inapplicable to provisions regarding presidential electors and extends compensation to alternate electors. Overall, the bill aims to ensure that California's presidential electors faithfully cast their votes for the candidates they are pledged to, even if there are changes in the candidates prior to the Electoral College meeting.

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