# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 8. Elections

### Subtitle 5. Presidential Elections

#### Section 8-506

In submitting this State's certificate of ascertainment as required by 3 U.S.C. Sec. 5, the Governor shall certify the State's presidential electors and state in the certificate that: 

(1) the presidential electors will serve as presidential electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of presidential elector before the end of the meeting at which presidential elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute presidential elector will fill the vacancy; and

(2) if a substitute presidential elector is appointed to fill a vacancy, the Governor will submit an amended certificate of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of the presidential electors.

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