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Texas elector to resign rather than vote Trump
http://www.koat.com/article/trump-criticizes-recount-push-claims-millions-voted-illegally/8369927A Republican member of the Electoral College from Texas said he will resign rather than cast one of the state’s 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump.
In the past, Art Sisneros told The Associated Press that he was wavering on supporting Trump because the Republican "is not biblically qualified for office."
Over the weekend, Sisneros posted in a blog and said "the best option I see at this time is to resign my position as an elector."
Texas doesn't require its presidential electors to vote in accordance with the state's presidential election results. Trump won Texas by around 9 percentage points and captured 290 overall electoral votes to Hillary Clinton's 232.
Texas electors meet in Austin next month to vote for president. By state law, they can vote then on a replacement for Sisneros.
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