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Millions In US Sign Petition Urging Electoral College To Reverse Trump's Victory by duketunde: 11:55pm On Nov 11, 2016
Although the United States Presidential elections that produced Donald Trump as the President-elect has come and gone but the dust raised by the outcome of the election is yet to die down.

The election of Donald Trump as president is a bitter pill to swallow for millions of Americans — and some are backing a quixotic campaign to reverse that outcome.


As of Friday afternoon, more than 2.4 million people had signed a petition to the U.S. Electoral College, urging its members to ignore their states’ votes and cast their ballots for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“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,” wrote Elijah Berg, who launched the petition on Change.org.

Berg, of North Carolina, argued that the Electoral College can award the White House to either candidate and should use its own “most undemocratic” institution to ensure a “democratic result.”

Berg continued: “24 states bind electors. If electors vote against their party, they usually pay a fine. And people get mad. But they can vote however they want and there is no legal means to stop them in most states.

And in a deep twist of irony, Trump has also called for the Electoral College to be abandoned. On the eve of the 2012 election, between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, Trump called the Electoral College “a disaster for a democracy.”
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See tweets calling on the electoral college to vote against Mr. Trump on December 20 below:

Read more at http://www.duketundesblog.com/2016/11/millions-in-us-sign-petition-urging.html#WMhVHtDtXrI8LLFR.99

Re: Millions In US Sign Petition Urging Electoral College To Reverse Trump's Victory by Waladade4luv(m): 12:03am On Nov 12, 2016
When they are aggrieved am sure there is a proper route to follow

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