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SB 237

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Election Law - Presidential Electors - Selection and Voting

Sponsor: Cheryl C. Kagan (District 17)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: ElectionsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 469 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the procedures for the selection of presidential elector nominees and alternate presidential elector nominees; requiring the State Administrator of Elections to preside and serve as secretary at a certain meeting of certain presidential electors; altering the procedures for the meeting of presidential electors; and establishing procedures for the preparation, delivery, signing, and transmission of an amended certificate of ascertainment after the vote of the State's presidential electors under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (18)

MGA witness list
FAV 14FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVNicols, ChristaCampaign Legal CenterWritten (PDF)
FAVUgo-Akwada, IhemanmaCommon CauseWritten (PDF)
FAVRadov, JayIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLemyze, ChristineIndivisible Howard CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVKagan, Sen. CherylMaryland State SenateWritten (PDF)
FAVKagan, Sen. CherylMaryland State SenateOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMiller, CynthiaThird Act MDWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMauer, WilliamIndividualPosition only
FAVSenator Kagan, Senator KaganlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Kagan, Senator KaganlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator Kagan, Senator KaganlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSoreng, NancyIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWieland, TomRitchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.Written (PDF)
FWAWeinberg, DavidlobbyistProtect Democracy UnitedOral + Written (PDF)
FWABearman, KariUniform Law CommissionOral + Written (PDF)
INFOPrice, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAWeinberg, DavidProtect Democracy UnitedRegistered for: Protect Democracy United