# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 8. Elections

### Subtitle 5. Presidential Elections

#### Section 8-504

(a) Each presidential elector nominee and alternate presidential elector nominee of a political party shall execute the following pledge: "If selected for the position of presidential elector, I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President and Vice President for the nominees for those offices of the party that nominated me.".

(b) Each presidential elector nominee and alternate presidential elector nominee of an unaffiliated presidential candidate shall execute the following pledge: "If selected for the position of presidential elector as a nominee of an unaffiliated presidential candidate, I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for that candidate and for that candidate's vice presidential running mate.".

(c) The executed pledges shall accompany the submission of the corresponding presidential elector nominee names to the State Board.

(d) If, after the nomination of a candidate for president or vice president by a political party and before the meeting of presidential electors under Sec. 8-508 of this subtitle, the candidate dies or withdraws as a candidate for that office in accordance with the rules of the political party, the pledge executed under subsection (a) of this section or Sec. 8-507(d) of this subtitle applies to the successor candidate for that office nominated by the political party in accordance with the party rules.

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Md. Code Ann., Election Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)