"attempting to sway an elector<u+2019>s commitment to their party through insults, vulgar language, or threats, simply lacks civility," lawerence denney said.  | ap photo by brent griffiths 11/15/16 06:32 pm est idaho's secretary of state lawerence denney has a simple message for those mounting a last-ditch effort to prevent a donald trump presidency: leave our people alone. <u+201c>while there is no federal requirement binding electors to their pledge, and while idaho is one of 21 states that does not have state<u+2010>level legislation to force an elector to comply, attempting to sway an elector<u+2019>s commitment to their party through insults, vulgar language, or threats, simply lacks civility," denney, who serves as idaho<u+2019>s chief election officer, said in a release on monday. story continued below denney's public plea comes as other electoral college members in the region are seeking to persuade enough of their fellow electors to dump trump. if 37 or more electors vote for someone other than trump, it would kick the decision over to the house of representatives. electors are due to cast their ballots on dec. 19 in state capitols across the country. but the electoral college vote is usually a formality, as electors almost always respect the will of their state's voters. the last case of a member going rogue, known as a <u+201c>faithless elector,<u+201d> was in 2004 when a minnesota elector slated to support john kerry instead cast his vote for kerry<u+2019>s running mate, john edwards. a faithless elector has never swung an election. by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
idaho secretary of state: leave our electors alone - politico
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