Open Letter to Republican Electors not bound by their state
Dear electors,
We come here today at a perilous time in our history. Donald Trump has secured enough electoral votes to win the presidency. When you were nominated to be electors, you were called to a duty that often goes overlooked and assumed that you would act as automatons. Current projections look like there are 172 electors who come from states where the elector is under no obligation to vote for the winner of the popular vote in their state.
Under normal circumstances it would be perfectly reasonable for you to execute your vote as your state desires, however in my humble opinion you would be derelict in the duty you were called to perform. From the inception of the electoral college, it was designed to prevent such a demagogue like President-elect Trump, from coming to power. When the masses were pulled off the rails and into a place where only destruction lies, electors are called upon to step in and prevent such destruction from occurring. As life long republicans you know in you heart, that this man is not a conservative, he is not a republican, and he represents the very worst impulses of the margins of our society. If you stand with this man you are not standing with the republican party, you are betraying it at its very heart. You could flip your vote for Clinton, but I do not ask you to go that far. Flip your vote for Evan McMullin. He represents the very best of the Republican Party, but more importantly the very best of what America has to offer.If 39 of you do vote that way, it will send the vote to the house. Mr. McMullin would be eligible to be made president by the house vote per the constitution.
Many of you support Trump through and through, and feel free to vote that way. To the others, before you cast your vote, I plead with you take some time of introspection and think about what is best for the country, and not our party. I fear at the end of this, he will have ripped asunder both our party and our country. Will you stand up to stop him?
The following electors are not bound to vote for the popular vote winner in their state and are free to vote for whom ever they choose:
Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Pennsylvania.