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<\/a>\u201cElectors of conscience can still do the right thing for the good of the country,” the Texas elector wrote in an op-ed. | Getty<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
By BRENT GRIFFITHS A Republican member of the Electoral College said on Monday that he will not be casting his vote for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n \u201cThe election of the next president is not yet a done deal,\u201d Texas elector Christopher Suprun writes in an op-ed<\/a> for the New York Times. \u201cElectors of conscience can still do the right thing for the good of the country. Presidential electors have the legal right and a constitutional duty to vote their conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n If Suprun follows through on his promise<\/a> next month, he would become the first \u201cfaithless elector\u201d since 2004.<\/p>\n Trump lacks the foreign policy experience to serve as commander in chief, writes Suprun, taking particular issue with the president-elect\u2019s pick of retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn as his national security adviser. Trump\u2019s business dealings might pose unacceptable conflicts of interest, Suprun adds — a problem that could seem him \u201cimpeached in his first year given his dismissive responses.”<\/p>\n The Electoral College is constitutionally required to convene before the results of the Nov. 8 presidential election are official. Usually these gatherings amount to nothing more than a rubber stamp, but this year electors have threatened to flee in record numbers<\/a>. Twenty-six states, a group that does not include Texas, bind their electors to select the winner of the popular vote.<\/p>\n
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