Did you know that you can email electors from 18 states all at once? AskTheElectors.com compiled all the internet contact info they could from the 18 states that legally allow their Electoral College members to vote for someone other than the person their state elected. It also gives you an opportunity to email them all at once. So I did that. And this is what I wrote after reading about two electors trying to change things up. While I disagree that the Electoral College is the way our president should be elected (for a million reasons, most of which I assume you’ve heard about), I think we should use it if we have it. (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/electoral-college-effort-stop-trump-231350)
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Dear Elector,
My name is Ila, from Seattle, Washington.
I hope we can all agree that a Trump/Pence White House would be bad for America's most vulnerable populations. Almost no one has fought harder than Pence against abortion rights, despite the fact that abortion and unwanted pregnancy goes down when women have access to it and comprehensive sex education/birth control. Almost no one has fought harder than Pence against LGBTQ rights, rights that people have literally died fighting for. Trump has fought against women, refugees, and the immigrants who have and continue to build this country into the diverse and mostly welcoming place it's become. Trump has only ever looked out for other people named Trump, and I'm a little heartbroken that people really believe this would change just because he isn't a traditional politician.
I'm not asking you to vote for a Clinton/Kaine ticket. I'm also asking you not to vote Trump/Pence. Instead, I'm asking you to join P. Bret Chiafalo (WA) and Micheal Baca (CO) and compromise on a moderate Republican like John Kasich or Mitt Romney. Please give credit to those who have fought and died for the civil progress we've made over these past eight years. Honor those trans people, particularly the trans people of color, who have been killed just for living outside of our expectations a little bit. Honor the men and women killed for being a person of color at a traffic stop or on a street corner. Honor the immigrants who left their homes in search of a living and found themselves on our shores, only to be harassed and disenfranchised by the people they hoped would give them an opportunity.
Your job is to vote for the best interests of the country, even if the country can't do that for themselves. Your job is to protect us from tyranny, and this year that means the religious and economic tyranny of a Trump/Pence White House.
Thank you for your time and consideration, I appreciate and respect the role you serve in our electoral process.
Sincerely,
Ila Dickenson
Seattle, WA
iladickenson.com