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The 2016 presidential election continues to defy expectations as “faithless electors” emerged among Democrats refusing to support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
In the run-up to the vote of the Electorial College, all eyes had been on whether any Republican electors would refuse to vote for Donald Trump. There had reports of last-ditch lobbying asking electors to switch from Trump to Clinton.
Instead, it has been Democratic electors who were balking.
In Washington state, three Democratic electors voted for Colin Powell and one for Faith Spotted Eagle, who has been fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, instead of Clinton.
There were also reports that two electors, one in Maine and another Minnesota, tried but failed in their efforts not to vote for Clinton.
Read: What life has been like for Electoral College voters
In Minnesota, elector Muhammad Abdurrahman didn’t vote for Clinton and was replaced by an alternate who did. According to the Los Angeles Times, Abdurrahman was a delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention.
The irony: Muhammad Abdurrahman, Minnesota elector refuses to cast vote for Hillary today. So his vote is invalid for alternative to cast. pic.twitter.com/Sk4rzyuV8i
— Thomas Iizuka (@aeoneo) December 19, 2016
In Maine, elector David Bright tried to vote for Sanders but was rebuffed and ended up voting for Clinton, according to the Associated Press.
Just in: Maine elector David Bright voting for @BernieSanders today. #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/AMPUkNog3e
— Michael Shepherd (@mikeshepherdME) December 19, 2016
