Well, that was certainly unexpected.

[conuly]

You know, of course, about the petition to the electors asking them to vote Clinton. Go ahead and sign it - it won't make any difference in this election, but even a tiny amount of pressure for ditching this silly system is better than none.

There's now a counter-petition asking the electors to vote for "some other Republican" - just not Trump. I was kinda hoping Republicans wouldn't find out about the first petition for a while, but that's a twist I wasn't expecting!

There are also the same "end the electoral college" petitions floating around that there have always been. It may well be a complete waste of time, but go ahead and sign the lot of them.

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[kyrielle]

Not that I think any of it will go anywhere, but there were a bunch of Republican candidates that I wouldn't be thrilled with but would prefer to Mr. Trump. I could actually live with that answer, depending on who they chose. Not that I think this is going to happen...but hey, I occasionally buy a lottery ticket too (when I have money to spend on throw-away things), because it'd be nice if just once it did.

[conuly]

That was pretty much my thinking. I signed them both. (I wonder if there's a petition asking electors to simply abstain?)