Byron York: With 7 days left, Trump resistance pins last hope on Electoral College
By Byron York (@ByronYork) • 12/12/16 6:58 AM
The Electoral College meets one week from today in what will be the final step in Donald Trump's improbable rise to the presidency. But it will also be the last chance for #NeverTrump dead-enders to keep Trump out of the White House. And now, the anti-Trump effort has been given new fuel by allegations of Russian attempts to interfere with the presidential election.
Trump won 306 electoral votes. There are 306 electors, actual people, who are expected to vote for him next Monday in Electoral College meetings in state capitals across the country. Trump's total is 36 more than the 270 required to become president. With that in mind, a group of Trump resisters is hoping to convince 37 Trump electors to vote for someone else on Monday, taking Trump just below the magic 270 mark. If that were to happen, Trump would not become president.
more
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-with-7-days-left-trump-resistance-pins-last-hope-on-electoral-college/article/2609399
