{"id":60379,"date":"2016-12-15T07:14:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T11:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=60379"},"modified":"2016-12-15T07:14:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T11:14:59","slug":"hamilton-electors-group-secures-20-of-37-electoral-votes-needed-to-reject-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=60379","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton Electors: Group Secures 20 of 37 Electoral Votes Needed to Reject Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"

www.thehollywoodgossip.com<\/p>\n

By now, you’re probably aware of the movement within the Electoral College to prevent Donald Trump from becoming the 45th President of the United States on January 20.<\/p>\n

But in case you’ve spent the past five weeks unable to hear any media reports over the sound of your own weeping, allow us to bring you up to speed:<\/p>\n

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\"Donald<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

While the last sliver of hope for Democrats and moderate Republicans remains the longest of shots, it’s not entirely impossible.<\/p>\n

As we reported last week, it’s beginning to look as though there’s growing support for\u00a0Trump being stopped by faithless electors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Republican elector Christopher Suprun<\/a> has vowed to vote against Trump, and he’s encouraged others to follow his lead.<\/p>\n

One Florida elector has decided to step down rather than cast a vote for Trump, but he’ll almost certainly be replaced by someone willing to toe the party line.<\/p>\n

So that means the 36 more Republican electors would need to defect in order to prevent Trump from being appointed America’s next president.<\/p>\n

Seems like too much to overcome, right? Not necessarily …<\/p>\n

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\"Donald<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Hamilton Electors (so named for the Founding Father’s\u00a0Federalist Paper No. 68<\/a>, from which they draw their inspiration)\u00a0aren’t losing hope for two very important reasons:<\/p>\n

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For one thing, there are reports\u00a0of a new strategy, wherein Democratic electors would not vote for Hillary Clinton, but choose a suitable Republican.<\/p>\n

The goal? Encouraging their GOP counterparts to follow suit for the good of the country and elect a suitable alternative like Mitt Romney or John\u00a0Kasich.<\/p>\n

Additionally, rumblings from within the EC are offering hope to electors who may have been on the fence due to concerns that their dissent is fruitless.<\/p>\n

There’s strength in numbers, after all. But can they get the numbers – and have enough faith in one another to follow through on this?<\/p>\n

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\"Donald<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Harvard law professor Lawrence\u00a0Lessig\u00a0tells Politico:<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, whether an elector ultimately votes his or her conscience will depend in part upon whether there are enough doing the same.”<\/p>\n

“We now believe there are more than half the number needed to change the result seriously considering making that vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lessig\u00a0– who has been offering free legal counsel to potential faithless electors – says he believes at least 20 electors are planning to defect.<\/p>\n

If that were true, the Hamilton movement is already succeeding to a degree, and could snowball, picking up more supporters as it grows in size.<\/p>\n

“[Electors] are looking at is the best chance we have of stopping Trump than at any other point during this process,\u201d Lessig\u00a0says.<\/p>\n

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\"Donald<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Republican National Committee, for its part, maintains that Suprun is the only faithless elector that they are aware of,<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Salon reported Tuesday that potential Hamilton Electors have been threatened with political reprisal.<\/p>\n

The Electoral College results won’t be known until December 19, when the group of 538 meets to vote on the presidency.<\/p>\n

Whatever the outcome, this is the first time in modern history that the EC’s final tally is considered anything less that a sure thing.<\/p>\n

That fact alone should remind Trump of how much work he has to do if he’s genuine about his professed desire to re-unify a divided nation.<\/p>\n

Think he’ll listen to that message?<\/p>\n

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