HERE IN WASHINGTON.
THREE ELECTORS VOTED DIFFERENTLY THAN IN THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION----- GOING AGAINST THE STATE'S POPULAR VOTE
FOR PRESIDENT, HILLARY CLINTON.
KXLY4'S ALYSSA DONOVAN IS WORKING FOR YOU...
ALYSSA IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS THIS HAS HAPPENED
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THE LAST TIME AN ELECTOR BROKE FROM THE POPULAR VOTE
IN WASHINGTON WAS IN 1976--- MIKE PADDEN WHO IS CURRENTLY
A REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR FROM SPOKANE VALLEY VOTED
FOR RONALD REAGAN INSTEAD OF GERALD FORD WHO HAD WON
THE STATE.
BUT THE ELECTORS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE GRAIN TODAY.
DIDN'T CAST A VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP.
WASHINGTON'S 12 ELECTORS MET THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
STATE CAPITOL TO COMPLETE THE FORMALITY---- IN AN
ACT OF SYMBOLIC PROTEST FOUR ELECTORS CHANGED THEIR
VOTES FROM WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY CAST IN NOVEMBER.
THREE VOTED FOR FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL
AND ONE VOTED FOR FAITH SPOTTED EAGLE, A NATIVE AMERICAN
ELDER FROM SOUTH DAKOTA...
UNDER STATE LAW THESE ELECTORS CAN BE FINED A THOUSAND
DOLLARS EACH FOR NOT VOTING FOR THE CANDIDATE WHO
WON THE STATE.
STATE SENATOR MIKE PADDEN SAYS HE DOESN'T AGREE WITH
THE THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE--- A LAW THAT WENT INTO PLACE
AFTER HE VOTED AGAINST THE POPULAR CANDIDATE FORTY
YEARS AGO.
AND NOTES THAT THE THREE ELECTORS ACTIONS DOESN'T
IMPACT THE OUTCOME
"I used my best judgment.
It wasn't an automatic thing and I was able to make
a point without impacting the election.
In fact, any of the electors who voted for the person
who didn't carry the state as far as I know never
impacted the election."
ACROSS THE COUNTRY SIX FAITHLESS ELECTORS VOTED FOR
OTHER CANDIDATES COSTING TRUMP TWO VOTES AND CLINTONS
FOUR.
HOWEVER TRUMP STILL RECIEVED 304 ELECTORAL VOTES TO
CLINTON'S 224.
THIS IS THE FIRST U-S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SINCE
1872 WITH MORE THAN ONE FAITHLESS ELECTOR.
REPORTING IN STUDIO, ALYSSA DONOVAN KXLY 4 NEWS.
