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.
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