Texas leaders are moving quickly to prevent a repeat of Monday’s vote by two “faithless electors” who broke their vow to cast a ballot for the winner of the presidential vote in the Lone Star State. Bills have been filed in both houses for the upcoming legislative session creating penalties for electors who do not honor their pledge. Governor Greg Abbott has promised to sign the bill if it reaches his desk.
Members of the Electoral College who had signed a letter asking for an intelligence briefing about alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election will not receive one before casting their votes for the next president on Monday.
Denver, Colorado District Judge Elizabeth Starrs has ruled against the state’s “faithless” electors who sought to defy the voters’ will by using Electoral Votes for Hillary Clinton to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from ascending to the White House.
Chris Suprun, the Republican “faithless elector” from Texas who says he will not vote for Donald Trump when that state’s electors gather in Austin on Monday, “was apparently not a first responder on September 11, 2001, as he has stated for years and has a questionable career history, according to an investigation by WFAA.”