Hillary deserves more than a participation ribbon it was her turn.
Via Deseret News:
Salt Lake County Councilman Richard Snelgrove’s inbox is overflowing with thousands of emails from around the country, urging him not to vote for President-elect Donald Trump as one of the state’s six presidential electors.
A typical email, he said, is from a California mom who writes she’s “never been so disturbed and frightened by the outcome of a presidential election” and wants him to “honor the majority” of Americans who voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Some emails suggest he should write in the name of a fellow Republican such as former presidential nominee Mitt Romney when electors meet in every state on Dec. 19, Snelgrove said, noting that fewer than a dozen emails came from Utahns.
While Snelgrove said he’s reading all the emails, nothing will change his vote. Just as he did the first time he served as an elector, in 2008, when Utah voted for Arizona Sen. John McCain, the councilman said he will fulfill his duties.
Under Utah law, Trump must receive all the state’s Electoral College votes as the winner of the Nov. 8 presidential election here. Electors who fail to comply are replaced but do not face any penalties.
“Even if we were not bound as electors, who am I to overturn the will of the people?” Snelgrove said. “Trump carried Utah. He won it fair and square. No one elected me king to go in there and defy the will of the people.”
First-time Utah elector Kris Kimball questioned whether she’d be hearing from so many people if it were Trump who had won the most votes nationally but lost the electoral vote to Clinton, not the other way around.
Kimball shared a sample of her email, a note from a California woman telling her to “be the hero we so desperately need” by voting for the person who won the popular vote. “You have the power to correct a most terrible wrong.”