The Note: Electoral College in the Spotlight

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. December 19, 2016 MORE POLITICS > Electoral College in the Spotlight What to Know About Today's Vote Electoral College members will meet Monday around the country to place their votes for president of the United States. It is a constitutionally mandated ritual every four years that this year Americans will watch with interest. The Electoral College's usually ceremonial role has come under focus in the aftermath of the 2016 election due to a number of factors -- including that Democrat Hillary Clinton won the national popular vote by a significant margin, and the finding by the CIA and FBI that Russia used hacking to try to influence the election. ABC's MARYALICE PARKS, SHUSHANNAH WALSHE, and LAUREN PEARLE outline what you need to know: http://abcn.ws/2gPFcI9 READ MORE   Trump Calls Electoral College 'Genius' As He Closes Out 'Thank You' Tour On the last stop of his "Thank You" tour following his election victory, President-elect Donald Trump praised the Electoral College system that he had previously decried as corrupt during the campaign, calling it "genius." As ABC's JORDYN PHELPS reports, Trump said: "I never appreciated it until now, how genius it was, what they had in mind, because at the time they didn't want everybody going to Boston and New York and everything else would be forgotten. It's genius, I'm telling you it's genius." http://abcn.ws/2hGuat4 READ MORE   Analysis--ABC's Rick Klein So Michael Moore is paying fines, Martin Sheen is appearing in ads, John Podesta is pushing for briefings, and Larry Lessig is counting votes (albeit slowly). The lobbying campaign on members of the Electoral College -- who cast their votes today in their state capitals -- has never reached this level of intensity. President Obama even labeled the whole institution a "vestige" of another era at his year-end news conference. And yet, for all the threats and promises and security arrangements in place for the latest iteration of this solemn anachronism, the total number of faithless electors might be as low as ... one. As for the entire effort, as constitutionally permitted as it is, how politically advisable will it wind up looking if only a handful of electors jump ship? Donald Trump will still be president, and he'll have more political targets to use -- to deflect attention from Russian hacking, or any other political dust-ups. If this is a model for Trump opposition efforts in the new regime, it's Trump who will have the last word -- or Tweet. Senior GOP Lawmaker Calls For Investigation of CIA Director Over Media Leaks on Russian Hacking A senior Republican congressman called for an investigation into whether the head of the CIA leaked to the media while withholding from Congress the agency's findings that Russians used hacking in an attempt to help Donald Trump win the presidency, ABC's MARGARET CHADBOURN reports. "We have supposedly [CIA Director] John Brennan leaking information to The Washington Post, to a biased newspaper like The New York Times -- findings and conclusions that he's not telling the [House] Intelligence Committee," said Rep. Peter King of New York in an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz on "This Week." http://abcn.ws/2hIN1RV READ MORE   DNC Chair Contradicts Obama: Russian Hackers Came After Us 'Until End of Election' Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile said Russian hackers persisted in trying to break into the organization's computers "daily, hourly" until after the election -- contradicting President Obama's assertion that the hacking stopped in September after he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin to "cut it out," ABC's NICKI ROSSOLL reports. "They came after us absolutely every day until the end of the election. They tried to hack into our system repeatedly," Brazile told ABC's Martha Raddatz in an exclusive interview on "This Week" Sunday. http://abcn.ws/2i3cvs4 READ MORE   Obama in Hawaii All the details of the president's final winter Hawaiian vacation while in office, courtesy of ABC's SERENA MARSHALL: http://abcn.ws/2gKBn6K READ MORE   FOLLOW ABC NEWS You Might Like This email was sent to bamsdum.xiomi@blogger.com Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. Newsletter Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter "Political Unit: The Note" at this email address, you may click here to unsubscribe. Add me to the ABC News Do Not Email List This email contains an advertisement from ABCNews, 7 WEST 66th Street, New York, NY 10023. To unsubscribe from all types of future commercial email from ABC News regarding its products and services, click here. © 2016 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved. ,

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