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Newspaper Page Text8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016 Trump opponents try to beat Pot sales surge in him at the Electoral College Washington state Associated Press By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and BILL BARROW Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Grass- roots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do some- thing that has never been done in American history — deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner. Activists are circulating online petitions and using social media in hopes of inﬂ u- encing Republican electors to cast their ballots for some- one other than President-elect Donald Trump and deprive him of the 270 Electoral Col- lege votes needed to become the next occupant of the White House. “Yes, I think it’s a long- shot, but I also think we’re living in strange times,” said Daniel Brezenoff, who cre- ated a petition in favor of Hil- lary Clinton and is asking signers to lobby electors by email or phone. “If it was ever plausible, it’s this year.” Trump has won 290 elec- toral votes to Clinton’s 232, with Michigan undecided, but Clinton is on pace to win the popular vote by at least 1 mil- lion ballots. Trump’s oppo- nents are motivated by the outcome of the popular vote and by their contention that the businessman and real- ity TV star is unﬁ t to serve as commander in chief. One wavers Just one elector so far has wavered publicly on support- ing Trump. Texas Republican Art Sis- neros says he has reservations about the president-elect, but not because of the national popular vote. He told The Associated Press he won’t vote for Clinton under any circumstance. “As a Christian, I came to the conclusion that Mr. Trump is not biblically qualiﬁ ed for that ofﬁ ce,” he said. He said he has heard from ecstatic Clinton supporters and even supportive Repub- licans, but also from out- raged Trump backers writing “threatening and vile things.” Sisneros signed a state party pledge to support the GOP’s standard-bearer, but that was before Trump was AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger Melinda Smyser, one of Idaho’s four presidential electors, poses for a portrait in Boise, Idaho. Grassroots campaigns around the country are trying to persuade members of the Electoral College to vote against Donald Trump and deny him the 270 votes he needs to assume the presidency. Smyser, one of Idaho’s four Republican electors, said they have been flooded with emails, telephone calls and Facebook messag- es from strangers urging them to reconsider their vote. AP Photo/Jose Juarez Oakland University senior Michael Banerian stands on cam- pus in Rochester, Mich. Banerian, a Republican representa- tive to the Electoral College has been receiving death threats. the ofﬁ cial nominee. He said one of his options is to resign, allowing the state party to choose another elector. Electors are chosen by party ofﬁ cials and are typi- cally the party’s most loyal members. Presidential elec- tors are not required to vote for a particular candidate under the Constitution. Even so, the National Archives says more than 99 percent of elec- tors have voted as pledged throughout the nation’s history. Some state laws call for ﬁ nes against “faithless elec- tors,” while others open them to possible felony charges, although the National Archives says no elector has ever been prosecuted for fail- ing to vote as pledged. In North Carolina, a faithless elector’s vote is canceled, and THE DAILY ASTORIAN W EDNESDAY E VENING A (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 he or she must immediately resign and be replaced. Strangers reaching out Layne Bangerter and Melinda Smyser, two of Ida- ho’s four Republican electors, said they have been ﬂ ooded with emails, telephone calls and Facebook messages from strangers urging them to reconsider their vote. “It’s just not going to work,” Bangerter said. “I hope it dies down, but I don’t see that happening.” The volume and tone of the messages caught the atten- tion of Idaho’s secretary of state, who urged the public to remain civil as electors pre- pare to cast their ballots on Dec. 19 while meeting in their states. Republican Party ofﬁ cials in Georgia and Michigan said their electors also have been bombarded with messages, and Iowa reported increased public interest in obtain- ing contact information for electors. Michael Banerian, 22, one of Michigan’s 16 Republican electors, said he has received death threats from people who do not want him to vote for Trump. But he said he is undeterred. “It’s mostly just a lot of angry people who don’t com- pletely understand how the process works,” said Baner- ian, a political science major at Oakland University. P. Bret Chiafalo, a Dem- ocratic elector in Washing- ton state, said he and a small group of other electors from the party are working to con- tact their Republican counter- parts and ask them to vote for any GOP candidate besides Trump, preferably Mitt Rom- ney or John Kasich. Under the Constitution, the House — currently under Republican control — decides the presidency if no candidate reaches the required electoral vote majority. House mem- bers choose from the top three contenders. This isn’t the ﬁ rst time electors have faced pressure to undo the results of Election Day. Carole Jean Jordan, a GOP elector from Florida in 2000, recalled the “unbelievably ugly” aftermath of the recount battle between George W. Bush and then-vice president Al Gore, a dispute that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court leaving Bush’s slim margin intact and handing him the presidency. Jordan said Florida’s elec- tors were inundated with nasty letters from people saying they should not vote for Bush. Police kept watch over her home until the electors con- vened in Tallahassee to cast their votes. They stayed at the same hotel, guarded by secu- rity ofﬁ cers who also escorted them to cast their ballots at the state Capitol. TACOMA, Wash. — Sales of marijuana products in Wash- ington state have for the ﬁ rst time surpassed $200 million in a quarter. The News Tribune reports residents and visitors bought more marijuana than ever before in the second quarter of 2016, based on an analysis of purchase and tax records from two state agencies. In the ﬁ rst quarter of 2016 — January, February and March — people spent $54.8 million more on spirits than marijuana, which includes the cost of the products and its associated taxes. By the second quarter — April, May and June — that gap closed to nearly $37 million. Those amounts include taxes levied by the state on those products. Spirits sales do not include wine and beer. Marijuana sales include all cannabis products, but not paraphernalia. Marijuana sales in the second quarter of 2016 amounted to nearly $212 million. Spirits sales in the same period amounted to almost $249 million. In July, the state closed medical marijuana shops, mak- ing all sales go through licensed recreational marijuana store- fronts. Sales at retail pot shops shot up by $66.6 million in the third quarter of the year, to $278.6 million. Third-quarter ﬁ gures for spirits, including sales directly to customers and to bars and restaurants, won’t be released until early next year. Washington voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. Earlier this month voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational pot. Colorado, Oregon and Alaska have also legalized recreational marijuana. Oregon parks sell out of campsites for solar eclipse Associated Press BAKER CITY — Peo- ple eager to see the total solar eclipse next summer have booked all of Ore- gon’s available campsites for the celestial event. The Baker City Her- ald reports that the Ore- gon Parks and Recreation Department began accept- ing reservations for camp- sites at state parks within the path of totality — in which the moon will com- pletely block the sun on Aug. 21, 2017 — and campers claimed every one of the 1,200 sites within an hour. The path of totality is about 90 miles wide and passes right through Baker County. Four state parks in all are in the path. Parks Department spokes- man Chris Havel says there had been some concerns that the department’s reservation system would crash, but that the system performed well with the high level of interest. Clatsop Post 12 November 24th Happy Thanksgiving Post Closed Friday th Nov. 25 4 pm until gone Stew Biscuits and Salad , 8. 00 $ 6PM “Karaoke Dave” W A NTED ASTORIA AMERICAN LEGION Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 LISTINGS A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach Clatsop Post 12 1132 Exchange Street 325-5771 Evening listings WEDNESDAY N OVEMBER 23 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Modern Family Black-ish 20/20 Special Edition (N) KATU News at 11 (:35) Jimmy Kimmel KOMO 4 News Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! 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