UPDATE: AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Democratic presidential elector created an uproar by voting for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders before backing down and supporting Hillary Clinton, overshadowing Maine’s first time ever splitting its electoral votes for president. Maine made history by giving electoral votes to both major party candidates — one for Republican President-elect Donald […]
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Support the popular vote compact
The alleged Russian hacking of the recent U.S. presidential election definitely needs to be investigated, followed up and confronted in some fashion. But it should be noted that the U.S. subverts elections every four years via the Electoral College. This year, the “winner,” in fact, did not win a majority of the votes. In fact, […]
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Electoral voters aren’t talking like they’re out for a revolt
WASHINGTON — Hounded to abandon Donald Trump, Republican electors appear to be in no mood for an insurrection in the presidential campaign’s last voting ritual. This most untraditional of elections is on course to produce a traditional outcome Monday — an Electoral College ticket to the White House for the president-elect. Whether they like Trump […]
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Investigate Russian involvement
In the “Federalist Papers,” Alexander Hamilton spelled out clearly that one of the main justifications for the Electoral College was protection from interference in elections from foreign powers; and it was revealed that Russia allegedly had a direct influence in Donald Trump’s victory. How is it at all ethical (or legal) for the electors to […]
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Website posts Maine pleas to electors to stop Donald Trump
More than 340 Mainers have written open letters to members of the Electoral College, most of them pleading for electors to nullify Republican Donald Trump’s Election Day victory. Typical is one from Gracia Holt of Freeport who told electors, “You must not elect Donald Trump! He is mentally unbalanced, inexperienced, incapable of governing, guilty of […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Despite ‘faithless’ scenarios, Electoral College likely to elect Trump
The most important college in Maine next week doesn’t have a mascot, professors, classes or students. Its purpose is succinct: the election of the next president of the United States. There’s no guarantee that electors will ratify Republican Donald Trump’s Election Day triumph, but those pushing for an alternative are running out of time. The […]
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Bernie Sanders could get an electoral vote in Maine
David Bright, a political activist and organic farmer from Dixmont, felt the Bern big time this year. He said Thursday he hoped U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would wind up in the White House and confessed he is mulling one long-shot possibility that might still put the Vermont progressive in the Oval Office. Both Sanders and […]
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Electoral College necessary
This is in response to the Sun Journal article “Racial roots of Electoral College” (Nov. 19) that quoted Christopher Petrella PhD. I believe that the nation’s founders established the Electoral College for different reasons. They wanted to distribute the power of the people more equally. If there were no Electoral College, those people campaigning for […]
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Keep the Electoral College
The Electoral College has proven its worth, once again. I am not writing as a Donald Trump supporter — I voted for Gary Johnson. What I observed Tuesday evening was that the popular vote was close all evening until the results came in from the big western states. California gave Hillary Clinton her popular vote […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Donald Trump credits Electoral College for his Maine rallies
President-elect Donald Trump credited the Electoral College for his repeat trips to Maine during the campaign. In his interview with The New York Times on Tuesday, Trump said he likes the electoral system because “it gets you out to see states that you’ll never see otherwise.” If the popular vote alone elected presidents, he said, […]