Texas Republican elector says he won’t cast vote for Trump

Two Democratic members of the Electoral College in the U.S. state of Colorado have taken legal action to change a state law that requires them to elect the victor of the state’s popular vote.

Since Nov. 8 there have been several red flags that should give Trump’s electors pause. In the November 8 election, Trump easily defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Texas, capturing the state’s 38 electoral votes.

Polly Baca, a former legislator, and Robert Nemanich are Democratic electors – two of the state’s nine electors – who say they want to “vote their conscience”, their attorney, Jason Wesoky, told the Denver Post. A Republican member of the Electoral College, he has previously voiced his support for PEOTUS and poorly dressed meatball Donald Trump.

Only one elector, Chris Suprun of Texas, plans to take away a vote from Trump’s column.

New Mexico goes one step further: It’s a fourth-degree felony for an elector to vote for someone who did not win the state. It’s unclear precisely what the penalties would be for violating the statute.

OH governor John Kasich has asked presidential electors not to cast votes for him later this month, a response to news that a group of Democratic Electoral College members was planning to back him when they gather December 19.

“The election of the next president is not yet a done deal”, writes Suprun.

See, an argument being used for overturning the electoral results is the idea that someone like Trump is who the system was created to weed out. In 2000, a Democratic elector from Washington, D.C., cast no vote in protest of D.C.’s lack of representation in Congress.

Along with Suprun, 36 other electors planning to vote for Trump would have to abandon their vote for him – which is nearly beyond the realm of possibility.

“I’m expecting backlash”, he said, “But that has been par for the course this campaign”.

Some electors have been speaking out recently saying they can’t bring themselves to vote for Trump. Alexander Hamilton provided a blueprint for states’ votes.

I look forward to watching him doing just that when the state’s electors convene in the Texas Capitol.

He says on December 19, he will do it again.

If a MI elector doesn’t vote for that person, they are deemed to have resigned and are replaced.

When an an elector goes against the will of the people it’s known as a “faithless elector”. “I am here to elect a president, not a king”, he explained.