A Maine elector who attempted to cast his vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday switched his vote over to presidential nominee Hillary Clinton after his ballot was ruled invalid.
Elector David Bright’s ballot for Sanders triggered a second vote, according to a local NBC affiliate, at which point he voted for Clinton.
Members of the Electoral College are meeting in their state capitals around the country to almost assuredly seal President-elect Donald Trump’s victory.
Bright said in a statement posted on Facebook that he would have cast his vote for Clinton if that vote could have helped the Democratic nominee win the White House.
“But as the Electoral College meets all across this nation on this day, I see no likelihood of 38 Republican electors defecting from their party and casting their ballots for Secretary Clinton,” he said.
“So Hillary Clinton will not become President, and there is nothing I can do about that. Knowing this, I was left to find a positive statement I could make with my vote.”
Bright described himself not as a Clinton elector, but instead as a “Democratic elector” who represents Democrats in Maine. full story