Maryland became the first state to sign on to a novel and untried system to elect the president by popular vote as Gov. Martin O?Malley on Tuesday put his signature on 105 bills enacted by the General Assembly session that finished its work Monday night.
Maryland also joined a handful of states, including California, Illinois and New Jersey, that have agreed to divest their state pension systems from any investment in Sudan because of its genocide in Darfur.
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