All nine Alabama electors cast ballots for Trump
Published 12:43 pm Monday, December 19, 2016
- Protesters demonstrate against president-elect Donald Trump outside the Alabama Capitol on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, in Montgomery, Ala. The protest was staged as the state's nine electors gathered to cast their ballots for president. Electoral College voters are gathering in state capitals across the country to make the November results official.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s nine presidential electors have all cast their ballots for Republican president-elect Donald Trump.
The vote came Monday during an elaborate ceremony at the state Capitol in Montgomery.
Electors met in the ornate old House chamber where Alabama voted to secede from the Union in 1861. The Auburn University band played, and a member of the military sang the National Anthem.
Outside, dozens of Trump opponents marched and chanted, urging the electors to abstain from voting or vote for someone other than Trump.
But the New York businessman carried Alabama easily in the general election, and all the state’s electors stuck with Trump and his running mate, vice president-elect Mike Pence.
