Donald Trump: US celebrities urge Electoral College to vote against President-elect, by the ABC.

A group of celebrities have urged Republican members of the US Electoral College to ditch President-elect Donald Trump and put forward another candidate when they vote next Monday.

Americans including Martin Sheen, Debra Messing, James Cromwell, Moby, and Loretta Swit released a video calling on electors to “change the course of history”. …

If every elector votes in line with their party, Mr Trump will be elected president with 306 votes and Hillary Clinton will receive 232 votes.

However, if 37 of Mr Trump’s electors do not vote in his favour, no candidate will have the absolute majority required to be president and the House of Representatives will choose the president from the three candidates with most Electoral College votes.

They lost the election and are running the same arguments over again. They are contemptuous of the rules and the electorate. The ABC article isn’t at all critical of them.

hat-tip Stephen Neil