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On Tuesday, Maryland became the first U.S. state to approve a plan to sidestep that process by giving its electoral votes for president to the winner of the national popular vote instead of the candidate chosen by state voters.

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The new measure would award Maryland's 10 electoral votes to the national popular vote winner. However, the plan would only take effect if states representing a majority of the United States' 538 electoral votes decided to make the same change.