C-SPAN Elects to Track Electoral College Votes

john.eggerton@futurenet.com (John Eggerton) — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:53:24 +0000

C-SPAN is keeping track of the Electoral College votes in the states Monday (Dec. 14).

A number of states are streaming the proceedings and C-SPAN says it is featuring eight or nine such public votes on its website as well as on the cable network.

A C-SPAN spokesperson said it was looking to provide some insight into the process and made its decision on which state votes to stream/air based on a balanced cross-section of votes of interest as well as its resources, including the number of servers to host the streams.

At press time, Indiana's vote was just wrapping up from the House Chamber in Indianapolis and Delaware was next up in the C-SPAN rotation. That will be followed by coverage of votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Texas.

The votes are happening throughout the day, with some streamed and others not.

Other news networks, including CNN, have also been covering the states when the electors are in action.

C-SPAN will also cover President-elect Joe Biden's 8 p.m. speech, at the conclusion of the Electoral College vote, to talk about the results, which are expected to be 306 votes for Biden to 232 for President Trump.

According to C-SPAN, it had already planned an 8 p.m. special program recapping the day's voting with highlights, a host and guest calls, which will now lead off with the Biden speech.

President Trump continues to dispute the election, saying it was "rigged" and "stolen," though not offering evidence to convince any one of multiple courts in which his campaign has filed challenges.

Trump Transition Team: We Won for 3rd Time

john.eggerton@futurenet.com (John Eggerton) — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:27:00 +0000

On a press call with reporters, spokesmen for President-elect Donald Trump's transition team talked about the candidate's Electoral College win Monday. According to the New York Times, the total was 304 electors for Trump and 227 for Clinton, with two Trump electors switching to other Republicans and five Clinton electors breaking ranks (see below).

After reading Trump's statement, including the observation that he had "exceeded the 270 required to secure the presidency by a very large margin, far greater than ever anticipated by the media," they noted that Hillary Clinton had lost five electors in the process, three to Republican Colin Powell, former secretary of state and father of NCTA: The Internet & Television Association president Michael Powell, one to Independent Bernie Sanders, who was Clinton's only challenger on the Democratic

side to go the distance, and one to Faith Spotted Eagle (an Indian activist).

They did not mention Trump's two defectors, who went to Ron Paul and John Kasich.

Spokesman Sean Spicer called it "the third defeat in a row for the Democrats," citing the first on election night (though Clinton did win the popular vote by several million), the second with their failed recount effort, in which Trump actually gained votes in Wisconsin, and now with the Electoral College win and despite "an effort by the left" to get electors to switch to Clinton--there were protests and a YouTube video from various TV stars and others asking electors to switch votes--they said, which wound up going "the exact opposite way."

Those TV stars, including Martin Sheen and Richard Schiff (West Wing), Debra Messing, Mike Farrell and Moby, suggested Trump lacked the stability and judgment to be President.

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