Trump officially confirmed as next US president by Electoral College
The "Hamilton Elector" ploy not only failed, it backfired! More electors tried to defect from Hillary Clinton Monday than from Trump, by a count of eight to two.
Clinton would have lost eight if every state had allowed defections, but three of those were ruled out of order, so she lost five. Trump lost two. Of those faithless electors:
Three Clinton defectors were ruled out of order and either forced to change or replaced with Clinton loyalists.
Four electors from Washington State were allowed to break ranks from Clinton. Three voted for Colin Powell, who is technically a Republican. The fourth voted for Faith Spotted Eagle, one of the Keystone protestors.
After this article was published, one Hawaiian delegate defected from Clinton to Bernie Sanders.
Two electors from Texas were allowed to break ranks from Trump and voted for John Kasich and Ron Paul. A third elector resigned, simply refusing to vote for Trump, and was replaced by an alternate, who voted dutifully for The Don.
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