Tennessee electors to cast ballots for president on Monday


              FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Trump's closest advisers see Democrats' complaints that Moscow hacked their private emails this election season as a case of sour grapes. The pushback comes ahead of the Electoral College vote, Monday, Dec. 19, which is expected to make official Trump's election win. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Trump's closest advisers see Democrats' complaints that Moscow hacked their private emails this election season as a case of sour grapes. The pushback comes ahead of the Electoral College vote, Monday, Dec. 19, which is expected to make official Trump's election win. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's presidential electors are scheduled to cast their ballots at the state Capitol in Nashville on Monday.

They are required by state law to vote for Donald Trump, who overwhelmingly carried Tennessee in November. But that hasn't stopped electors from receiving thousands of letters, emails and phone calls urging them to drop their support for Trump.

Protesters have scheduled rallies at state Capitols around the country, including in Nashville. The group called the December 19 Coalition says it wants to try to persuade electors to change their minds given the CIA and FBI's conclusions that Russia interfered in the presidential election with the goal of supporting Trump.

The vote is scheduled to take place in the chamber of the state House at 9 a.m. Central.

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