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ATLANTA – Electors in Georgia on Monday followed through on their pledge to back President-elect Donald Trump, formally giving the state’s 16 electoral votes to the Republican.
Georgia law doesn’t require electors selected by the state party to back their party’s candidate, and the group has been swamped by emails, letters and other appeals to vote for another candidate as part of a long-shot effort to deny Trump the presidency.
But electors chosen by fellow Republicans have always said they would support the outcome of Georgia’s popular vote for Trump. The electors cast their written ballots in the state Senate chamber, applauding the total count along with invited guests watching from an upstairs gallery.
John Padgett, chair of the state Republican Party, said electors reported receiving between 70,000 and 90,000 emails urging them to back another candidate.