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OUR OTHER BIG STORY THIS
NOON-- MICHIGAN'S ELECTORS ARE
ABOUT TO VOTE TODAY-- FOR
PRESIDENT. ALREADY--
PROTESTORS ARE GATHERING AT
THE STATE CAPITOL AHEAD OF THE
OFFICIAL 2 PM VOTING...THEY
WANT THE ELECTORS TO KEEP
TRUMP áOUTá OF OFFICE.
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BUT AS JOE LAFURGEY WILL TELL
US FROM THE NEWSROOM-- DON'T
EXPECT ANY SURPRISES-- JOE.
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EMILY-- NORMALLY THE JOB OF AN
ELECTOR IS PRACTICALLY
ANONYMOUS-- THEY GO TO THE
STATE CAPITOL-- CAST THE VOTE
THAT THEIR STATE HAS
ESSENTIALLY ALREADY PROMISED
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT-- AND THEN
THEY GO HOME..
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BUT THIS YEAR THOSE ELECTORS
ARE FACING SOME PRESSURE TO
BUCK THE TREND... AND VOTE
áAGAINSTá DONALD TRUMP. TODAY
AT 2PM OUR ELECTORS WILL
OFFICIALLY CAST THEIR
BALLOTS-- NONE OF THEM ARE
EXPECTED TO ACTUALLY CHANGE
THEIR VOTES. IN FACT, THERE
ARE LAWS PROHIBITING IT-- BUT,
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN CHALLENGED
IN COURT-- SO ANYTHING áISá
POSSIBLE.
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SOME FUN FACTS HERE-- SINCE
THE FOUNDING OF THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE-- AND ALL OF THOSE
HUNDREDS OF VOTES CAST-- ONLY
157 ELECTORS HAVE CHANGED
THEIR VOTES... ABOUT HALF OF
THEM BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL
CANDIDATE DIED BEFORE THE DAY
ELECTORS CAST VOTES. NOT SINCE
2004 HAS AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE
MEMBER CHANGED THEIR VOTE. AND
NO ELECTOR HAS CHANGED THE
OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION BY
VOTING AGAINST HIS OR HER
PARTY'S CANDDIATE.
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SO! IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T
EXPECT ANYTHING TO CHANGE
AFTER TODAY. BACK TO YOU
EMILY.
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