A coalition of liberal groups are trying hard to convince enough Republican delegates to the Electoral College to vote against Donald Trump in order to deprive the president-elect of the 270 votes he needs to enter office.
The 538 electors will convene at governors’ offices and state capitols across the US on Monday to officially elect Trump as the 45th president of the United States.
Under the US Constitution, the president is not elected through popular vote. American voters rather vote for members of the Electoral College who elect the president on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December after the presidential election. A majority of 270 electoral votes are required to elect the president.
Though he lost the popular vote to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by nearly 3 million votes in the Nov. 8 election, Trump won enough states to claim 306 electoral votes to emerge as the victor.
Anti-Trump groups are now resorting to…