Electoral College expected to officially name Trump as next president

Harvard University Constitutional Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, who has been a vocal advocate of so-called “faithless electors”, claims that 20 GOP members of the Electoral College are considering voting against Donald Trump when they meet on December 19. Start time vary, so below is a state-by-state list of how to watch each one cast their Electoral College votes.

Typically, the Electoral College follows suit with the results from Election Day. The only exceptions to this rule are the states of ME and Nebraska, who split their College votes depending on how many votes each candidate wins in the popular vote.

There is now no evidence that millions voted illegally in November’s election.

Maine Democratic elector David Bright chose to cast his ballot for Sen.

But almost all electors have still said they plan to vote exactly as they are expected to – and put Trump in the White House.

The 538 electors that make up the college will meet in every state and the District of Columbia to cast official ballots for president and vice president. Among them, there are electors who believe their role in the Constitution is to ensure that a demagogue does not come to power.

“I got over 2,000 emails”, asking him to change his vote, Moore said. A majority of at least 270 electoral votes is needed to win the presidency.

“To counter the politically volatile environment of the late 18th Century, the Electoral College was established to balance the state’s and people’s interests”.

Rob Scott, a Dayton-area attorney and Trump’s state director during the primary campaign, was appointed in Hagan’s place.

The leaked emails disclosed details of Clinton’s paid speeches to Wall Street, party infighting and inside criticism about Clinton’s use of a private server to send emails while US secretary of state.

After pausing for a minute when Abdurrahman handed in his ballot, Secretary of State Steve Simon briefly took Abdurrahman aside, shook his hand and immediately brought up an alternate elector to be sworn in.

Salome Peters is one of Maryland’s 10 Democratic electors.

A candidate must secure 270 electoral college votes to win.