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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump surpasses 270 votes in Electoral College to formally win presidency.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s three Republican presidential electors have cast their support for Donald Trump.

Some Trump opponents have responded to his victory by trying to persuade Electoral College voters to break with the results in their state.

That didn’t happen in Monday’s vote in North Dakota, where Trump was an easy winner last month over Hillary Clinton.

North Dakota has three of the 538 votes in the Electoral College, which elects the president and vice president of the United States.

North Dakota’s electors are John Olson of Bismarck, Bev Clayburgh of Grand Forks and Duane Mutch of Larimore.

Since North Dakota became a state in 1889, Republican candidates have swept its electoral votes in all but six presidential elections. No Democrat has carried the state since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

 

Previously…

Bismarck  (CSi)   North Dakota’s Presidential Electors will cast their ballots Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 during a meeting convened by Gov. Doug Burgum.

As prescribed in state law, the meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in the Governor’s Conference Room on the ground floor of the State Capitol, 600 East Boulevard Ave., Bismarck.

The three electors are Beverly Clayburgh of Grand Forks, Duane O. Mutch of Larimore and John M. Olson of Bismarck.

After each elector has voted, Secretary of State Al Jaeger will collect the Presidential ballots and canvass the votes. Governor Burgum will announce the results.