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Maryland’s electors cast their 10 votes for president on Monday for Democrat Joe Biden, who won Maryland’s popular vote in November.
The electors gathered in the Maryland State House to announce their vote and formalize it by signing certificates. They all wore masks and were seated further apart than in past events to formalize the state’s Electoral College votes.
Gloria Lawlah, a former state senator and former secretary of the Maryland Department of Aging who served as the president of the state’s electors, described the vote for Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris as “a repudiation of hate, a repudiation of divisiveness” and an important step in “building our nation back.”
Maryland s 10 presidential electors met at noon Monday to formally cast the state s Electoral College votes for president. It was the 59th time that Maryland presidential electors met at the State House in Annapolis. Maryland is one of six states to have participated in every Electoral College vote.History: A history of Maryland s Electoral College meetings from 1789 to 2016 Maryland being one of just six states to participate in all, in this historic capital, in this historic State House, it does mean a lot and it is very special, said Jared DeMarinis, director of the Candidacy and Campaign Finance Division of the Maryland State Board of Elections. We see the power of a system that has been in place since 1789, said Kathleen Matthews, secretary of the Democratic Presidential Electors.At the first meeting in 1789, only six of Maryland s electors showed up to vote the other two were delayed by bad weather. There was bad weather again this year, but all 10 electors arrived t