Hamilton Electors on The Electoral College & Republican Elector declares he won't support

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And here is an Op-Ed from they New York Times from a Republican elector who will not support Trump! - Barry



Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump
By CHRISTOPHER SUPRUNDEC. 5, 2016

DALLAS — I am a Republican presidential elector, one of the 538 people asked to choose officially the president of the United States. Since the election, people have asked me to change my vote based on policy disagreements with Donald J. Trump. In some cases, they cite the popular vote difference. I do not think presidents-elect should be disqualified for policy disagreements. I do not think they should be disqualified because they won the Electoral College instead of the popular vote. However, now I am asked to cast a vote on Dec. 19 for someone who shows daily he is not qualified for the office.

Fifteen years ago, as a firefighter, I was part of the response to the Sept. 11 attacks against our nation. That attack and this year’s election may seem unrelated, but for me the relationship becomes clearer every day.

George W. Bush is an imperfect man, but he led us through the tragic days following the attacks. His leadership showed that America was a great nation. That was also the last time I remember the nation united. I watch Mr. Trump fail to unite America and drive a wedge between us.

Mr. Trump goes out of his way to attack the cast of “Saturday Night Live” for bias. He tweets day and night, but waited two days to offer sympathy to the Ohio State community after an attack there. He does not encourage civil discourse, but chooses to stoke fear and create outrage.

This is unacceptable. For me, America is that shining city on a hill that Ronald Reagan envisioned. It has problems. It has challenges. These can be met and overcome just as our nation overcame Sept. 11.

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Hate to be a buzzkill, but....


How Would the Electoral College Dump Donald Trump?

Elizabeth Williamson
DEC. 6, 2016

Recount battles in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are not expected to yield an Electoral College victory for Hillary Clinton. That leaves one last-ditch opportunity to bar Donald Trump from the White House: the Electoral College vote on Dec. 19, when 538 electors will gather in their respective states to choose the president. On Monday, Christopher Suprun, an elector from Texas, became the first Republican to say publicly that he won’t vote for Mr. Trump, who won his state. Mr. Suprun mentioned Gov. John Kasich of Ohio as a Republican he could support. But on Tuesday, Mr. Kasich said he wasn’t interested.

Republican insiders say there are more “faithless electors” like Mr. Suprun out there, quietly plotting to dump Mr. Trump. Here are four things to remember about their scheme.

1. It’s a moon shot. Electors are typically chosen by their state’s party leaders. In most states they’re legally bound to vote for their party’s nominee, but such laws haven’t been enforced and it’s accepted that electors can vote their consciences. Still, in our nation’s history, 99 percent of electors have stuck by the nominee. For Donald Trump to fall short of the 270 electoral votes he needs to take office, 37 electors would have to abandon their pledge to him. If neither he nor Mrs. Clinton reaches 270, that would throw the election to Congress, where …

2. Republicans control the House. The House would vote for the president from among the three top electoral vote-getters, which in this case would be Mr. Trump, Mrs. Clinton and any third person chosen by the greatest number of faithless electors. By law, that third person needn’t be a declared presidential candidate: He or she can be any American who meets the qualifications to serve. Each state delegation in the House casts one vote. And since House Republicans are inclined to vote for Mr. Trump …

3. Hillary Clinton won’t win. If faithless Republican and Democratic electors could agree on a more moderate Republican to put forward for the House vote (maybe even Mitt Romney?), he or she might stand a chance of defeating Mr. Trump. That’s one reason Mr. Suprun mentioned Mr. Kasich. But given that Mr. Trump won the electoral vote solidly, and beat 16 Republicans in the primary, including Mr. Kasich, who isn’t interested anyway …

4. It’s a moon shot.