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Although Donald Trump is currently the President Elect, America may have another chance at electing Hillary Clinton for President after all.
A petition on Change.org has been directed to the Electoral College Electors, asking that when they cast their final ballots on December 19th, they consider the popular vote instead of the states vote, ultimately casting their ballots for Hillary Clinton to be elected as President of The United States.
So far 3.2 million supporters have signed this petition and only 4.5 million is needed in order for them to submit the petition.
Read their call-to-action below:
On December 19, the Electors of the Electoral College will cast their ballots. If they all vote the way their states voted, Donald Trump will win. However, they can vote for Hillary Clinton if they choose. Even in states where that is not allowed, their vote would still be counted, they would simply pay a small fine – which we can be sure Clinton supporters will be glad to pay!
We are calling on the Electors to ignore their states’ votes and cast their ballots for Secretary Clinton. Why?
Mr. Trump is unfit to serve. His scapegoating of so many Americans, and his impulsivity, bullying, lying, admitted history of sexual assault, and utter lack of experience make him a danger to the Republic.
Secretary Clinton WON THE POPULAR VOTE and should be President…
Hillary won the popular vote. The only reason Trump “won” is because of the Electoral College.
But the Electoral College can actually give the White House to either candidate. So why not use this most undemocratic of our institutions to ensure a democratic result?
We verified with Snopes.com to see if this could actually happen:
The upshot of all this is that yes, it is theoretically possible that — as urged by the Change.org petition cited above — a large group of Republican-selected electors could choose not to cast their ballots for Donald Trump, but to instead defect and vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton (or some other compromise candidate) and thus deny the putative election winner (Trump) from gaining the White House. Such an event would technically be constitutional, but it would also be wholly unprecedented in American history and would require a sudden and drastic change in the United States’ political traditions.
There’s An Electoral College Petition You Can Sign To Make Hillary Clinton President was originally published on majicatl.com
