An effort to block Republican President-elect Donald Trump led to a rowdy Electoral College vote Monday in Democratic Colorado, where left-leaning activists thronged a public foyer and shouted at nine electors to try stopping Trump.
The ruckus led to a last-minute court order and the removal of one elector, who took an oath to support the winner of the popular vote here, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Moments after swearing he'd support Clinton, 24-year-old Micheal Baca of Denver filled out a ballot for Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich. It was a gambit to try to block Trump from receiving the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.
Baca, who wore a yellow T-shirt touting Democratic Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and the slogan “Enough Is Enough” sat quietly as Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams called for his replacement by another elector.
