"DENVER (CBS4) – There was plenty of drama at the Colorado state Capitol on Monday during the Electoral College vote. Protesters shouted after Michael Baca was replaced by another elector for refusing to cast his ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton. “I voted for John Kasich and Tim Kaine,” Baca told CSB4’s Tom Mustin." http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/12/19/electoral-college-colorado-michael-baca-trump/
"The Detroit News last week was first to report that more than half of Detroit would be ineligible for the recount because of the irregularities. The results were based on county reports obtained by The News. Republican state senators last week called for an investigation in Wayne County, including one precinct where a Detroit ballot box contained only 50 of the 306 ballots listed in a poll book, according to an observer for Trump." http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/12/vote-audit/95358702/ “Each year taxpayers spend tens of millions of dollars on the Pure Michigan advertising campaign with little if anything to show for it,” said LaFaive, director of fiscal policy for the Mackinac Center. “The state’s tourism officials and lobbyists believe otherwise, and that’s one reason we have challenged them to a debate.” http://www.mackinac.org/23041 "Facing Donald Trump’s imminent entrance to the Oval Office, the once outlandish idea of secession doesn’t seem so crazy anymore to some Californians. But the Golden State’s path to independence is blocked with financial and political hurdles, from an expensive state initiative process to persuading two-thirds of Congress to relinquish an economic and tourism powerhouse." http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article118052408.html#storylink=cpy |