Bill > HB53

This bill repeals Maryland's participation in the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote," an interstate compact where participating states would award their presidential electors to the candidate who wins the national popular vote, regardless of who wins the popular vote within their own state. Instead, the bill reinstates the previous method of electing presidential electors, specifying that they will be elected "at large" by voters across the entire state and will cast their votes for the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote within Maryland. This change effectively withdraws the state from the national popular vote agreement and reverts to a system where the state's electoral votes are awarded based on the statewide popular vote.