THEY COULD BE CALLED THE 538
MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY...TOMORROW -- MEMBERS
OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WILL
CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN ALL 50
STATES -- OFFICIALLY ELECTING
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.BUT SEVERAL
GROUPS ARE PUSHING FOR
ELECTORS TO NOT PICK DONALD
TRUMP -- EVEN THOUGH HE WON
MORE THAN 300 ELECTORAL
COLLEGE VOTES IN NOVEMBER.
KXAN'S PHIL PRAZAN SHOWS US
HOW THEY HOPE TO INFLUENCE
ELECTORS IN AUSTIN AND
ELSEWHERE - AND THOSE PUSHING
BACK.
PROTESTS ERUPTED SUNDAY
OUTSIDE THE STATE CAPITOL...
AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE PAST 2 PM MONDAY WHEN
ELECTORS VOTE FOR YOUR
PRESIDENT.DOUGLAS LAMB WILL
URGE THE 38 REPUBLICAN TEXAS
VOTERS TO VOTE FOR ANYONE BUT
DONALD TRUMP."IF IN YOUR HEART
OF HEARTS YOU FEEL DONALD
TRUMP IS OK WITH YOU - I CAN'T
TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. BUT MOST
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
SAID DONALD TRUMP IS NOT OK."
THE HEAD OF THE STATE GOP, TOM
MECHLER, REMINDS ELECTORS THEY
SIGNED A PLEDGE TO VOTE FOR
WHOEVER WON TEXAS IN
NOVEMBER...BUT SINCE THEN, ONE
SAID HE'LL RESIGN, NOTHER SAID
HE WON'T VOTE FOR TRUMP."WHAT
THESE PROTESTORS ARE DOING IS
THEY'RE USING FEAR AND
INTIMIDATION TACTICS AND WE
WANT TO INSTALL A FEELING OF
CONFIDENCE."LELAND FREEMAN
PLANS TO HOLD A RALLY MONDAY
IN SUPPORT OF GOP TRUMP
ELECTORS.AFTER A PUSH UN-
PRECEDENTED IN RECENT HISTORY
TO GET THEM TO SWITCH VOTES,
HE SAYS HIS SIDE IS NEEDED. "A
CALL FOR TRUMP SUPPORTERS TO
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE
DELEGATES HERE IN TEXAS."LESS
THAN 40 TRUMP VOTERS WOULD
NEED TO BAIL FOR IT GO TO
CONGRESS... SO EACH ONE WILL
COUNT AS THE WHOLE WORLD
WATCHES.PHIL PRAZAN.KXAN NEWS.
THE 38 ELECTORS CAMPAIGNED AND
WERE SELECTED AT THE G-O-P
STATE CONVENTION THIS PAST
SUMMER.IF HILLARY CLINTON WON
TEXAS, 38 DEMOCRATS SELECTED
AT THEIR CONVENTION WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE ELECTORS.MORE THAN
HALF OF THE STATES IN THE U-S
TRY TO BIND THE VOTES OF
ELECTORS TO THE CANDIDATE
THEIR STATE CHOSE.BUT TEXAS IS
NOT ONE OF THEM.TAKING A
CLOSER LOOK...THE NATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF STATE
LEGISLATURES SAYS MORE THAN
HALF OF THE STATES TRY TO
RESTRICT ELECTORS.TEXAS --
ALONG WITH 20 OTHER STATES --
HAVE NOT.BUT THAT COULD
CHANGE...WHEN STATE LAWMAKERS
COME BACK IN JANUARY, THEY
WILL LOOK AT FINING FAITHLESS
