JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The Latest on Alaska’s electoral college vote (all times local):
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11:20 a.m.
Alaska’s three Republican electors have cast their votes for President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump won Alaska, beating Democrat Hillary Clinton by nearly 47,000 votes in last month’s general election. That meant Alaska’s three electoral votes were to be cast by the three Republican electors chosen to represent their party: former Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell, Carolyn Leman and Jacqueline Tupou.
State law requires political parties to secure a pledge from each of their electors to support their parties’ candidates. That means, in this case, the Republican electors were to be committed to Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence.
The law does not include any penalties for electors who might not adhere that pledge.
Alaska’s electors were among the Republicans nationally who were inundated with pleas to cast their ballots for someone else.
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10:20 a.m.
Several women who gathered in front of the state Capitol to protest Monday’s electoral college vote say they stand as voices of inclusion.
Sue Gill, of Juneau, says that when you physically put yourself somewhere, you feel more involved than if you just write letters or complain to your friends. Barbara Learmonth, of Juneau, says the first step in change is showing up.
Kathy Miller, of Juneau, says some of the things that President-elect Donald Trump has said or done have concerned her. She says she wants to stand for the values she feels are important, such as inclusion and support for everyone.
Trump won Alaska, and Alaska’s three Republican electors are expected to cast their votes at a state building in Juneau Monday as part of the electoral college.
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