Indiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Tennessee, and West Virginia are meeting in the ten o’clock hour to cast their votes. Three of those states allow so-called “faithless electors.” You can watch it unfold here, with both live streams and updates, and you can consider the comments an open thread.
Updates below in chronological order. Latest on faithless elector totals at bottom of post.
10:00West Virginia (allows faithless electors)
(UPDATE: 11 a.m. the WV live stream has ended and their votes were cast for Donald Trump/Mike Pence)
Indiana
The livestream was taken offline (too many users)
(11 a.m. update – All eleven Indiana votes were cast for Trump, as expected.)
10:14 All five state chambers have read the rules on voting to their electors. As noted, there is a slight difference from state to state.
10:21
Protestors singing God Bless America in hallway as Indiana Electoral College voting gets underway. More @WTHRcom pic.twitter.com/2TCLyZBgib
— ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ (@BruceKopp) December 19, 2016
10:22
Electoral college votes for West Virginia officially in: @realDonaldTrump and @mike_pence receive all five.
— Ashton Marra (@AshtonMarra) December 19, 2016
10:39
BREAKING: All eleven Indiana Electoral College votes have been cast for Donald Trump. @WTHRcom
— ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ (@BruceKopp) December 19, 2016
10:44
Folk song hippies at New York electoral “protest” with literally ones of people.
Folk songs being performed at this morning's protest over the electoral college pic.twitter.com/Xe2OCH9Wi4
— Dylan Rossiter (@ByDylanRossiter) December 19, 2016
10:49
All 4 electors in New Hampshire vote for Hillary Clinton, as expected. Trump now has 27 electoral votes, Clinton 4
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) December 19, 2016
10:50
The AP reports that four of the six Mississippi electors say they are “firmly committed to voting for Trump.” One declined to answer any questions.
10:55
C-SPAN Live Broadcast begins.
10:59
Protests in states so far are tepid and small. Here’s a shot from Wisconsin:
It's -2 in Madison right now. Here are some protesters outside the Capitol, protesting the electoral college/President-elect Trump. pic.twitter.com/MqyGL6bd5n
— Laurel White (@lkwhite) December 19, 2016
Per state law, Tennessee electoral votes went to Trump and Pence.
11:05
The Mississippi electors were supposed to vote beginning at 10 a.m. They have not yet done so, but are supposed to begin shortly.
11:10
Gov. Fallin welcomes the Oklahoma electors to the statehouse.
Welcoming the electoral college voters to the Governor's Blue Room at the Capitol this morning! pic.twitter.com/Ccvp7O2W9u
— Governor Mary Fallin (@GovMaryFallin) December 19, 2016
11:12
Arkansas, Illinois, Oklahoma and South Carolina have all begun the vote. Of those, Arkansas and Illinois law provide for “faithless electors.”
11:45
Oklahoma casts 7 ballots for Trump and Arkansas and Mississippi both cast six. South Carolina’s nine votes also wet to Trump.
NOON FAITHLESS ELECTOR UPDATE:
At the time of this posting, every vote has been cast in accordance with the state election results. There have been ZERO faithless electors/conscientious vote changes.
THIS LIVE BLOG CONCLUDES AT NOON. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER LIVE BLOG LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
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