Rogue electors are undeterred by their latest legal setback

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

OLYMPIA — A year after they broke ranks with their party by not supporting Hillary Clinton for president, three Democratic electors continue fighting to prove they had every right to do what they did.

The trio took part in an unprecedented and unsuccessful campaign to deny Donald Trump a win in the Electoral College in 2016 by encouraging Republican electors to back another candidate for the nation’s highest office.

Trump had pretty much sewn up enough votes by the time Washington’s 12 Democratic electors gathered in the state Capitol on Dec. 19 to cast ballots for Clinton, who won the state’s popular vote. Each had signed a pledge to support the Democratic nominee when they were chosen by peers in their party to serve as electors.

But Bret Chiafalo, of Everett, Levi Guerra, of Warden, and Esther John, of Seattle, went rogue that day. They marked their ballots for Colin Powell, a Republican and former U.S. Secretary of State, whom they considered a better alternative to Trump to lead the country. Bob Satiacum, of the Puyallup Tribe, backed Faith Spotted Eagle, a Native American leader in South Dakota.

All four received $1,000 fines for violating a state law requiring electors keep their pledge. Chiafalo, Guerra and John appealed contending the “faithless elector” law is unconstitutional because it infringes on their free speech rights.

In March, an administrative law judge rejected their arguments. And Dec. 8 they suffered another setback when Thurston County Superior Court Judge Carol Murphy denied their claims.

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[Gothmog]

1. I am glad that these idiots were fined and that the fines were upheld

[JI7]

2. fuck them, shitty fuckers

[Generic Brad]

3. I hope their legal fees were far greater than their fines

They were not exercising free speech. They were instead being unlawful pricks.

[GulfCoast66]

4. I hope I someday get to meet them

So I can say ‘fuck you’ to their face.

[Takket]

5. the underlying story here is......

how fucking absurd the elector system is. this is pretty much the only public office on the planet where such a system is in place. it was stupid to begin with and now it is nothing more than ceremonial, which makes it stupid AND a complete waste of time and money.

[ck4829]

6. The electors who voted for Trump are pretty much murderers though.

They have blood on their hands, like Heather Heyer's for example. They normalized this violence, they have a hand in it. And I bet they are OK with being Charles Manson wannabes.