SON FOUND OUT HOW
PTHIS LAST DITCH EFFORT WOULD
PWORK, AND IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.
PKIRSTEN: MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WENT
PTO THE BALLOT BOX TUESDAY,
PBUT THE PROCESS TO SELECT THE
PPRESIDENT ISN'T QUITE OVER.
PPETER KIRST IS A SENIOR
PLECTURER IN THE UNM POLITICAL
PSCIENCE DEPARTMENT.
P>> THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT
PEACH STATE GETS A NUMBER OF
PELECTORS.
PIT TAKES A MAJORITY OF ELECTORS
PTO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT.
PKIRSTEN AND THE FACT THAT THOSE
P: ELECTORS HAVEN'T VOTED YET IS
PGIVING SOME PEOPLE HOPE THEY'LL
PCHANGE THEIR MIND, AND THE
POUTCOM
PNOW DIFFERENT PETITIONS ARE
PCIRCULATING ONLINE.
PONE HAS MORE THAN 3 MILLION
PSIGNATURES.
PIT'S ASKING ELECTORS IN STATES
PTHAT WENT TO TRUMP TO FLIP THEIR
PVOTE SO CLINTON WINS.
PKIERST SAYS THEORETICALLY, IT'
PPOSSIBLE BUT --
P>> PETER: IN FACT, KIERST SAYS
PIN MANY STATES INCLUDING N
PMEXICO IT'S A CRIME FOR ELECTORS
PTO SWITCH THEIR VOTES.
PPETE IF AN ELECTRIC WANTED TO
PRUN THE RISK OF BEING CHARGED
PWITH A MISDEMEANOR, THEY COULD
PWRITE AND WHOEVER THEY WANTED.
PKIRSTEN HERE, THAT CRIME WOULD
P: MEAN A SMALL FINE
PBUT KIERST SAYS THE LIKELIHOOD
POF A MASSIVE MOVEMENT IN ANY OF
PTHE NEARLY 30 STATES THAT WENT
PRED IS SLIM.
PPETER: AN ORGANIZED EFFORT TO
PGET THE ELECTORS TO VOTE FOR
PSOMEONE ELSE HAS NEVER MADE ANY
PHEADWAY IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
PKIRSTEN AND KIERST SAYS IT'S
P: EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO GET RID
POF ELECTORAL COLLEGE ENTIRELY.
PIT TAKES A CONSTITUTIONAL
PAMENDMENT, PLUS HE SAYS PEOPLE
