TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The Latest on the meeting of New Jersey’s presidential electors. (all times local):
3:40 p.m.
New Jersey’s electors have formally selected Democrat Hillary Clinton for president.
The Electoral College delegation met Monday afternoon in Trenton to officially allot the state’s 14 electoral votes to Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.
Clinton won the state on Election Day over Republican President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump is set to take office in January to succeed President Barack Obama after he won more than the required 270 electoral votes in November
Some groups across the country are trying to prevent him from taking office by persuading electors not to vote for him.
That hasn’t been an issue in New Jersey.
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12:45 p.m.
At least 50 people attended a rally in the cold outside the New Jersey statehouse to call on presidential electors nationwide to deny Republican Donald Trump the presidency.
New Jersey’s 14 presidential electors will meet to cast their ballots for Democrat Hillary Clinton on Monday afternoon. Clinton defeated Trump in New Jersey.
Retired social services worker Pat Sparano, of Collingswood, attended the event carrying a neon green sign that said “Electors Save Us.”
She says even though Trump is set to succeed President Barack Obama in January that “there’s always hope.”
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Midnight
New Jersey’s electors are set to formally select Democrat Hillary Clinton for president.
The Electoral College delegation will meet Monday afternoon in Trenton to officially allot the state’s 14 electoral votes to Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.
Clinton won the state on Election Day over Republican President-elect Donald Trump, who is preparing to take office in January to succeed President Barack Obama. Trump won more than the necessary 270 electoral votes in November, but some groups across the country are trying to prevent him from taking office by persuading electors not to vote for him.
That hasn’t been an issue in New Jersey, which is solidly Democratic and is set to vote for Clinton.
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