The electoral votes from Maryland and the other states are
used to elect a President and Vice President every four years.
Whichever Presidential candidate gets the majority of
the electoral votes becomes the President.
Maryland is given one electoral vote for each Maryland congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Maryland Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Maryland has depends on how many Representatives Maryland has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Maryland has does not change, but the number of
Maryland congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Maryland has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Maryland
currently has 8 congressional districts. Thus, Maryland has a total of
10 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Maryland have?" is 10.
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