Connecticut cast its seven Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, normally a perfunctory postscript to a presidential election.
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In subdued ceremony, Connecticut casts its electoral votes
Seven electors dropped signed paper ballots into a wooden box in the state Senate on Monday, casting Connecticut’s seven Electoral College votes for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, the Democrats who carried the state, won the national popular vote and lost the presidency.
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Himes: Trump ‘unhinged’ and Electoral College should block him
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Himes said President-elect Donald Trump’s dismissal of U.S. intelligence agencies was “the last straw” that prompted the lawmaker to send out an incendiary tweet Sunday night saying Trump is “unhinged’‘ and the Electoral College should stop him from becoming president.
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Op-ed: Put CT on the presidential map
A national popular vote is consistent with one of America’s deeply held values: every vote should be equally important.
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Presidential popular vote advocates lobbying CT GOP
The National Popular Vote campaign is back in Connecticut, one of the 38 states ignored in 2012 by the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.