ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — 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.”
The event was closed to the public due to the pandemic, but it was live-streamed.
In Maryland, political parties choose the 10 people who pledge their electoral votes to the parties’ candidates for president and vice president who receive the most votes in the state.
Biden won 65.4% of the vote in Maryland, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1. President Donald Trump received 32.2%.
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