[Occupymendocino] Fw: UPDATE: Electoral College

[Ann Rennacker]

Send an email to your legislators!
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From: Jim Dean, Democracy for America <info at democracyforamerica.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:01 PM
To: Ann Rennaker
Subject: UPDATE: Electoral College


Ann --

The best chance we have right now to stop Donald Trump is for the Electoral College to reject him when they meet on December 19.

Hillary Clinton won the presidential election by more than 2.8 million votes. But because of the Electoral College, originally set up to protect slave states in the late 1700s, Donald Trump is going to be sworn in on January 20 -- unless the electors refuse to let him.

Electors for each state will meet at their state capitol building on Monday, December 19 to cast their votes. They can stop Donald Trump -- but they need to hear from all of us. It will take at least 37 electors in red states to deny him the White House.

People are gathering in all 50 state capitols on Monday, December 19 to urge the electors to stop Trump. Will you join the movement and help stop a popular vote loser -- and a hateful bigot -- from becoming president?

YES, I will join an Electoral College protest in my state capitol on Monday, December 19.<http://act.democracyforamerica.com/go/24739?t=1&refcode=g-Electors1215.d-20161215.m-8719.s-27935&akid=8719.1713965.vkWiFH>

No, I can't participate, but I will write my legislator and urge them to support the National Popular Vote plan to require electors in future years to choose the winner of the nationwide popular vote.<http://act.democracyforamerica.com/go/24740?t=2&refcode=g-Electors1215.d-20161215.m-8719.s-27935&akid=8719.1713965.vkWiFH>

Or, I will chip in $3 or more to help DFA organize to stop Trump -- and ensure that the next president is elected by National Popular Vote.<https://act.democracyforamerica.com/go/24706?refcode=g-Electors1215.d-20161215.m-8719.s-27935&akid=8719.1713965.vkWiFH>

There's been a lot of breaking news lately about electors who are trying to stop Donald Trump from becoming president:

  *   A Republican elector in Texas, Chris Suprun, wrote in The New York Times that he will not vote for Trump: "Fifteen years ago, I swore an oath to defend my country and Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. On December 19, I will do it again."

  *   On Monday, ten electors wrote to the Director of National Intelligence to request a briefing about reports Russia interfered in the presidential election.

  *   And, on Wednesday, Lawrence Lessig went on MSNBC and CNN and predicted as many as 20 Republican electors could defect from Trump -- and perhaps more if momentum grows in the coming days.

There are plenty of reasons for the Electoral College to reject Trump, beyond the fact that he lost the popular vote by a landslide. Trump is assembling a cabinet of billionaires, bigots, and bullies who will help him loot the country, make inequality worse, and attack people of color. He's turning the presidency into a vehicle for his own personal profit at our expense.

Let's be clear: It won't be easy to convince at least 37 electors to reject Trump. Electors are party loyalists who rarely vote against the candidate who won their state. And the Republican National Committee is putting intense pressure on Republican electors to stand by Trump.

But we have to step up and fight to defend our rights, our democracy, and our communities. That's why we have to urge electors to do the right thing, even if the chances of success aren't great. Will you help?

YES, I will join an Electoral College protest in my state capitol on Monday, December 19.<http://act.democracyforamerica.com/go/24739?t=3&refcode=g-Electors1215.d-20161215.m-8719.s-27935&akid=8719.1713965.vkWiFH>

No, I can't participate, but I will write my legislator and urge them to support the National Popular Vote plan to require electors in future years to choose the winner of the nationwide popular vote.<http://act.democracyforamerica.com/go/24740?t=4&refcode=g-Electors1215.d-20161215.m-8719.s-27935&akid=8719.1713965.vkWiFH>

Or, I will chip in $3 or more to help DFA organize to stop Trump -- and ensure that the next president is elected by popular vote.<https://act.democracyforamerica.com/go/24706?refcode=g-Electors1215.d-20161215.m-8719.s-27935&akid=8719.1713965.vkWiFH>

Thank you for standing up for our democracy.

- Jim

Jim Dean, Chair
Democracy for America

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