NC Electors cast all 15 votes for Donald Trump

RALEIGH, NC (AP) – The 15 North Carolinians whose votes actually elect the next U.S. president followed script and cast their ballots for Republican Donald Trump.

The presidential electors meeting in Raleigh Monday all followed through on their pledge to cast their electoral votes for Trump. The vote is part of the formal process to choose the next president.

Last month’s statewide popular vote determined the electors nominated by the North Carolina Republican Party would cast the official ballots for the state. The electors were petitioned to follow their conscience and deny Trump the presidency by voting for someone else.

North Carolina elector David Speight of Lexington received about 500 letters and more emails urging him against casting his ballot for Trump but says the effort to influence electors was never going anywhere.