Hamilton Electors
Hamilton Electors is a self-styled[1] term of Democratic and Republican members of the United States Electoral College who have declared their intention to assign their vote for winner of the 2016 United States presidential election to a consensus Republican candidate other than the presumptive president-elect Donald Trump (Republican), thereby also eschewing popular vote winner Hillary Clinton (Democrat), in a synchronized systematic faithless elector revolt against their pledged candidates at the Electoral College on December 19, 2016,[2]
As of December 5, 2016, several members of the electoral college, including members from the Democratic Party[3] and one Republican[4] have publicly stated their intention to vote faithless and bipartisan manner for a consensus Republican other than Donald Trump, at the Electoral College vote.
Fourteen days before the scheduled Electoral College vote, Texas Republican elector Christopher Suprun publicly pledged to not cast his vote for Donald Trump.[5] Another Texas Republican elector, Art Sisneros, willingly resigned rather than vote for Trump.[6] A Georgia Republican elector, Baoky Vu, was forced to resign after publically stating he would not vote for Trump.[7]
It is unclear how many more electors, especially Republican electors, intend to become faithless and vote for a Republican other than Trump without declaring their intentions publically. Christopher Suprun, however, indicated that he was personally aware of several other Republican electors who have been in confidential contact with him in their plan to vote faithlessly, saying they "will start discussing names specifically and see who meets the [fitness for president] test that we could all get behind."[8]
Legal council and support[edit]
A Hamilton Electors' website[1] has been set up for the purpose of achieving the stated goal of the electoral college revolt to install an alternative Republican candidate as winner of the President of the United States.
On December 6, 2016, Lawrence Lessig, a prominent Harvard University law professor and former Democratic presidential candidate, announced he was "teaming with a California-based law firm to offer legal support for any members of the Electoral College seeking to oppose President-elect Donald Trump."[9]
Lessig cited the counsel and support would be provided anonymously given the pressure that the Republican electors who have gone public have been subjected to, including being forced to resign, after declaring their intention to become faithless electors against Trump.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hamilton Electors".
- ↑ O'Donnell, Lilly. "Meet the 'Hamilton Electors' Campaigning for an Electoral College Revolt".
- ↑ Pilkington, Ed (30 November 2016). "Teen becomes seventh 'faithless elector' to protest Trump as president-elect" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ Pilkington, Ed (5 December 2016). "First Republican 'faithless elector' announces intent to vote against Trump" – via The Guardian.
- ↑ Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump, 5 December 2016
- ↑ Neetzan Zimmerman, Republican elector chooses to resign rather than vote for Trump, The Hill, November 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Georgia GOP elector resigns after anti-Trump comments". August 3, 2016.
- ↑ News, A. B. C. (9 December 2016). "'Rogue' GOP Elector Says Others Will Join in Opposing Trump".
- ↑ "Lessig, lawyers to offer support to anti-Trump electors".
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