Official Certificates of Ascertainment

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This is a great site.  Thanks for sharing it!

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17 November (Clinton 4, Trump 0)

Hawaii 4 for Clinton(?) At least they are Democrats. Notice the surnames of the 20 elector candidates.

18 November (Clinton 4, Trump 3)

Wyoming 3 for Trump. Kit Carson was an elector for Johnson.

21 November (Trump 19, Clinton 7)

Georgia 16 for Trump(?). The certificate doesn't indicate a presidential candidate or party. Also Baoky Vu supposedly resigned in August. Notice Nathan Deal's signature (compare to Rick Scott's)

Vermont 3 for Clinton. Governor Shumlin is an elector for Clinton. The certificate misspells De La Fuente's name.

22 November (Trump 56, Clinton 7)

Florida 29 for Trump. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received fewer votes than the 29 elector candidates they submitted. They probably didn't want to travel to Tallahassee to vote.

Louisiana 8 for Trump(?). No indication of party or candidate. Louisiana electors are chosen by district. What is the origin of the governor's name? His brothers have middle names of Millard and H., but it almost appears that his name is John-bel. Any relation to John Bell Hood, which would never appear as John Hood.

23 November (Trump 60, Clinton 7)

Idaho 4 for Trump(?). The certificate indicates the party, but not the candidate. The Trump electors are from Hayden, Kuna, Melba, and Parma. Darrell Castle was not the nominee of the Idaho Constitution Party. Idaho omits the Vice-Presidential candidate. Idaho is the only state to correctly date their certificate.

28 November (Trump 67, Clinton 7)

Oklahoma 7 for Trump. Oklahoma chooses electors by congressional district.

29 November (Trump 79, Clinton 7)

North Dakota 3 for Trump. North Dakota left off the party for Trump, alone. North Dakota also reported its write-in votes as a collective total.

South Carolina 9 for Trump. Witnessed by "Her Excellency Our Governor".

2 December (Trump 95, Clinton 7)

Michigan 16 for Trump. Addresses are given for the 16 electors. The certified margin is 10,704 votes. The Johnson (Libertarian) vote is 16.081 times as large; the Stein (Green) vote is 4.825 times as large; the Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) is 1.508 times as large; the McMullin (write-in) is 0.764 times as large. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received more votes than they had electors. Cherunda Fox only got 10 votes for the 16 electors.

[Tender Branson]

MI now has submitted their certificate as well, even though there will be a recount ...

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Dates are when the certificate of ascertainment was executed, and not when they were received by the National Archivist or posted on the National Archives web site.

14 States are posted.

17 November (Clinton 4, Trump 0)

Hawaii 4 for Clinton(?) At least they are Democrats. Notice the surnames of the 20 elector candidates.

18 November (Clinton 4, Trump 3)

Wyoming 3 for Trump. Kit Carson was an elector for Johnson.

21 November (Trump 19, Clinton 7)

Georgia 16 for Trump(?). The certificate doesn't indicate a presidential candidate or party. Also Baoky Vu supposedly resigned in August. Notice Nathan Deal's signature (compare to Rick Scott's)

Vermont 3 for Clinton. Governor Shumlin is an elector for Clinton. The certificate misspells De La Fuente's name.

22 November (Trump 56, Clinton 7)

Florida 29 for Trump. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received fewer votes than the 29 elector candidates they submitted. They probably didn't want to travel to Tallahassee to vote.

Louisiana 8 for Trump(?). No indication of party or candidate. Louisiana electors are chosen by district. What is the origin of the governor's name? His brothers have middle names of Millard and H., but it almost appears that his name is John-bel. Any relation to John Bell Hood, which would never appear as John Hood.

23 November (Trump 60, Clinton 7)

Idaho 4 for Trump(?). The certificate indicates the party, but not the candidate. The Trump electors are from Hayden, Kuna, Melba, and Parma. Darrell Castle was not the nominee of the Idaho Constitution Party. Idaho omits the Vice-Presidential candidate. Idaho is the only state to correctly date their certificate.

28 November (Trump 67, Clinton 7)

Oklahoma 7 for Trump. Oklahoma chooses electors by congressional district.

29 November (Trump 79, Clinton 12)

New Mexico 5 for Clinton(?). The certificate just reiterates the total number of popular votes and the electors candidates associated with the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, but nowhere indicates which of them had been appointed elector.

North Dakota 3 for Trump. North Dakota left off the party for Trump, alone. North Dakota also reported its write-in votes as a collective total.

South Carolina 9 for Trump. Witnessed by "Her Excellency Our Governor".

1 December (Trump 90, Clinton 12)

Alaska 3 for Trump. The certificate was issued from Anchorage. Alaska electors usually meet in Anchorage rather than the ceremonial capital. The certificate was signed by both the Governor and the Lieutenant Government, since Alaska does not have a Secretary of State. One of the Trump electors is Sean Parnell, former governor. The certificate misspells the first name of Roque De La Fuente as Rogue. Perhaps they were channeling Sarah Palin.

Kentucky 8 for Trump. The certificate includes the (mailing) addresses of the elector candidates for on-ballot candidates. Republicans and Democrats, but not others are associate with districts. Three pairs of the McMullin electors appear to be couples. Had he won, could we have seem political romance between David and Rebecca? The certificate misspells Poplar Lane. Maybe the McMullin operatives couldn't understand the Kentuckians accent, "thats wright popular liek thuh treeuh". There were 24 write-in candidates. Ten of them received eight or more votes. 14 received fewer than 8 votes (they had more elector candidates than they had voters), including two who received zero votes, the ultimate in faithless electors.

2 December (Trump 106, Clinton 23)

Massachusetts 11 for Clinton. This is written with a script font. The candidates are listed as "Clinton and Kaine", "Trump and Pence", "Johnson and Weld", "Stein and Baraka". I suspect someone asked, "isn't that a bit informal?" The clerks preparing the certificate must have misunderstood, and thought, "hmm ... this is the font I used for my wedding invitations"

Michigan 16 for Trump. Addresses are given for the 16 electors. The certified margin is 10,704 votes. The Johnson (Libertarian) vote is 16.081 times as large; the Stein (Green) vote is 4.825 times as large; the Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) is 1.508 times as large; the McMullin (write-in) is 0.764 times as large. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received more votes than they had electors. Cherunda Fox only got 10 votes for the 16 electors.

[mencken]

Names I recognize:

Sean Parnell, Cean Stevens (lost), J.R. Myers (lost), LizBeth Benacquisto, Pam Bondi, Joe Negron, Pat Schroeder (lost, and is this the former Colorado congresswoman?), Nan Rich (lost), Kendrick Meek (lost), Augustus Invictus (lost), Bernie DeCastro (lost), Darcy Richardson (lost), Larry LaRocco (lost), Mark Schauer (lost), Peter Shumlin,

[jimrtex]

Names I recognize:

Sean Parnell, Cean Stevens (lost), J.R. Myers (lost), LizBeth Benacquisto, Pam Bondi, Joe Negron, Pat Schroeder (lost, and is this the former Colorado congresswoman?), Nan Rich (lost), Kendrick Meek (lost), Augustus Invictus (lost), Bernie DeCastro (lost), Darcy Richardson (lost), Larry LaRocco (lost), Mark Schauer (lost), Peter Shumlin,

Quite possibly. Wiki says that Schroeder has moved to Florida. The Democratic slate lists the women first, and also includes celebrities such as Sybrina Fulton and Benjamin Crump.

Kotlikoff electors in Florida include David Kotlikoff and Alexander Samuel Kotlikoff.

[Tender Branson]

18/51 states (& DC) have now submitted their certificates.

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Dates are when the certificate of ascertainment was executed, and not when they were received by the National Archivist or posted on the National Archives web site.

18 States are posted.

17 November (Clinton 4, Trump 0)

Hawaii 4 for Clinton(?) At least they are Democrats. Notice the surnames of the 20 elector candidates.

18 November (Clinton 4, Trump 3)

Wyoming 3 for Trump. Kit Carson was an elector for Johnson.

21 November (Trump 19, Clinton 7)

Georgia 16 for Trump(?). The certificate doesn't indicate a presidential candidate or party. Also Baoky Vu supposedly resigned in August. Notice Nathan Deal's signature (compare to Rick Scott's)

Vermont 3 for Clinton. Governor Shumlin is an elector for Clinton. The certificate misspells De La Fuente's name.

22 November (Trump 56, Clinton 7)

Florida 29 for Trump. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received fewer votes than the 29 elector candidates they submitted. They probably didn't want to travel to Tallahassee to vote.

Louisiana 8 for Trump(?). No indication of party or candidate. Louisiana electors are chosen by district. What is the origin of the governor's name? His brothers have middle names of Millard and H., but it almost appears that his name is John-bel. Any relation to John Bell Hood, which would never appear as John Hood.

23 November (Trump 60, Clinton 7)

Idaho 4 for Trump(?). The certificate indicates the party, but not the candidate. The Trump electors are from Hayden, Kuna, Melba, and Parma. Darrell Castle was not the nominee of the Idaho Constitution Party. Idaho omits the Vice-Presidential candidate. Idaho is the only state to correctly date their certificate.

28 November (Trump 67, Clinton 7)

Oklahoma 7 for Trump. Oklahoma chooses electors by congressional district.

29 November (Trump 79, Clinton 12)

New Mexico 5 for Clinton(?). The certificate just reiterates the total number of popular votes and the electors candidates associated with the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, but nowhere indicates which of them had been appointed elector.

North Dakota 3 for Trump. North Dakota left off the party for Trump, alone. North Dakota also reported its write-in votes as a collective total.

South Carolina 9 for Trump. Witnessed by "Her Excellency Our Governor".

30 November (Trump 123, Clinton 12)

Texas 38 for Trump. One of the Valdivia electors is Mindy Lynn Mister-Moleski (wonders how often the syllables get transposed). Thomas Trump is an elector for Castle. Nine Lee electors have a surname of Lee. All 13 write-in candidates received at least 38 votes.

Utah 6 for Trump. Five political parties had candidates and slates of electors. three independent candidates had slates of electors, but De La Fuente only had four electors. Two independent candidates, including Jill Stein had no electors. Two write-in candidates had electors, and thirteen  write-in candidates had no electors. This may have hurt them since collectively they only received 54 popular votes.

1 December (Trump 134, Clinton 12)

Alaska 3 for Trump. The certificate was issued from Anchorage. Alaska electors usually meet in Anchorage rather than the ceremonial capital. The certificate was signed by both the Governor and the Lieutenant Government, since Alaska does not have a Secretary of State. One of the Trump electors is Sean Parnell, former governor. The certificate misspells the first name of Roque De La Fuente as Rogue. Perhaps they were channeling Sarah Palin.

Kentucky 8 for Trump. The certificate includes the (mailing) addresses of the elector candidates for on-ballot candidates. Republicans and Democrats, but not others are associate with districts. Three pairs of the McMullin electors appear to be couples. Had he won, could we have seem political romance between David and Rebecca? The certificate misspells Poplar Lane. Maybe the McMullin operatives couldn't understand the Kentuckians accent, "thats wright popular liek thuh treeuh". There were 24 write-in candidates. Ten of them received eight or more votes. 14 received fewer than 8 votes (they had more elector candidates than they had voters), including two who received zero votes, the ultimate in faithless electors.

2 December (Trump 150, Clinton 23)

Massachusetts 11 for Clinton. This is written with a script font. The candidates are listed as "Clinton and Kaine", "Trump and Pence", "Johnson and Weld", "Stein and Baraka". I suspect someone asked, "isn't that a bit informal?" The clerks preparing the certificate must have misunderstood, and thought, "hmm ... this is the font I used for my wedding invitations"

Michigan 16 for Trump. Addresses are given for the 16 electors. The certified margin is 10,704 votes. The Johnson (Libertarian) vote is 16.081 times as large; the Stein (Green) vote is 4.825 times as large; the Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) is 1.508 times as large; the McMullin (write-in) is 0.764 times as large. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received more votes than they had electors. Cherunda Fox only got 10 votes for the 16 electors.

7 December (Trump 150, Clinton 35)

Washington 12 for Clinton. Electors are linked from a spreadsheet, and includes their mailing addresses. Some curiosities: The Republicans alphabetized their electors. All 12 Green electors are from Seattle. Only one Constitution elector is from west of the Cascades (Marysviile). Four pairs of Socialist Workers electors share an address, are apparently male and female, but do not have a surname in common.

[Tender Branson]

23/51 now in.

[Tender Branson]

The vote totals in NY's certificate are 51K higher for Trump and 49K higher for Hillary than on the Atlas results page ...

Dave plz update.

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Dates are when the certificate of ascertainment was executed, and not when they were received by the National Archivist or posted on the National Archives web site.

23 States are posted. New states are in red

17 November (Clinton 4, Trump 0)

Hawaii 4 for Clinton(?) At least they are Democrats. Notice the surnames of the 20 elector candidates.

18 November (Clinton 4, Trump 3)

Wyoming 3 for Trump. Kit Carson was an elector for Johnson.

21 November (Trump 19, Clinton 7)

Georgia 16 for Trump(?). The certificate doesn't indicate a presidential candidate or party. Also Baoky Vu supposedly resigned in August. Notice Nathan Deal's signature (compare to Rick Scott's)

Vermont 3 for Clinton. Governor Shumlin is an elector for Clinton. The certificate misspells De La Fuente's name.

22 November (Trump 56, Clinton 7)

Florida 29 for Trump. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received fewer votes than the 29 elector candidates they submitted. They probably didn't want to travel to Tallahassee to vote.

Louisiana 8 for Trump(?). No indication of party or candidate. Louisiana electors are chosen by district. What is the origin of the governor's name? His brothers have middle names of Millard and H., but it almost appears that his name is John-bel. Any relation to John Bell Hood, which would never appear as John Hood.

23 November (Trump 60, Clinton 7)

Idaho 4 for Trump(?). The certificate indicates the party, but not the candidate. The Trump electors are from Hayden, Kuna, Melba, and Parma. Darrell Castle was not the nominee of the Idaho Constitution Party. Idaho omits the Vice-Presidential candidate. Idaho is the only state to correctly date their certificate.

28 November (Trump 67, Clinton 7)

Oklahoma 7 for Trump. Oklahoma chooses electors by congressional district.

29 November (Trump 79, Clinton 12)

New Mexico 5 for Clinton(?). The certificate just reiterates the total number of popular votes and the electors candidates associated with the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, but nowhere indicates which of them had been appointed elector.

North Dakota 3 for Trump. North Dakota left off the party for Trump, alone. North Dakota also reported its write-in votes as a collective total.

South Carolina 9 for Trump. Witnessed by "Her Excellency Our Governor".

30 November (Trump 123, Clinton 12)

Texas 38 for Trump. One of the Valdivia electors is Mindy Lynn Mister-Moleski (wonders how often the syllables get transposed). Thomas Trump is an elector for Castle. Nine Lee electors have a surname of Lee. All 13 write-in candidates received at least 38 votes.

Utah 6 for Trump. Five political parties had candidates and slates of electors. three independent candidates had slates of electors, but De La Fuente only had four electors. Two independent candidates, including Jill Stein had no electors. Two write-in candidates had electors, and thirteen  write-in candidates had no electors. This may have hurt them since collectively they only received 54 popular votes.

1 December (Trump 134, Clinton 12)

Alaska 3 for Trump. The certificate was issued from Anchorage. Alaska electors usually meet in Anchorage rather than the ceremonial capital. The certificate was signed by both the Governor and the Lieutenant Government, since Alaska does not have a Secretary of State. One of the Trump electors is Sean Parnell, former governor. The certificate misspells the first name of Roque De La Fuente as Rogue. Perhaps they were channeling Sarah Palin.

Kentucky 8 for Trump. The certificate includes the (mailing) addresses of the elector candidates for on-ballot candidates. Republicans and Democrats, but not others are associate with districts. Three pairs of the McMullin electors appear to be couples. Had he won, could we have seem political romance between David and Rebecca? The certificate misspells Poplar Lane. Maybe the McMullin operatives couldn't understand the Kentuckians accent, "thats wright popular liek thuh treeuh". There were 24 write-in candidates. Ten of them received eight or more votes. 14 received fewer than 8 votes (they had more elector candidates than they had voters), including two who received zero votes, the ultimate in faithless electors.

2 December (Trump 156, Clinton 23)

Arkansas 6 for Clinton. Addresses of the Trump electors are provided. One of the Clinton advisors is a women named Flowers. It turns out that she is a state representative, Vivian rather than Jennifer.

Massachusetts 11 for Clinton. This is written with a script font. The candidates are listed as "Clinton and Kaine", "Trump and Pence", "Johnson and Weld", "Stein and Baraka". I suspect someone asked, "isn't that a bit informal?" The clerks preparing the certificate must have misunderstood, and thought, "hmm ... this is the font I used for my wedding invitations"

Michigan 16 for Trump. Addresses are given for the 16 electors. The certified margin is 10,704 votes. The Johnson (Libertarian) vote is 16.081 times as large; the Stein (Green) vote is 4.825 times as large; the Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) is 1.508 times as large; the McMullin (write-in) is 0.764 times as large. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received more votes than they had electors. Cherunda Fox only got 10 votes for the 16 electors.

6 December (Trump 156, Clinton 43 )

Illinois 20 for Clinton. The certificate begins with

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING;

One elector is John R Daley, who may be the grandson of Richard J Daley (the mayor), and nephew of Richard M Daley (former mayor of Chicago), and nephew of William M Daley (Obama's Chief of Staff and Bill Clinton's Secretary of Commerce). There does not appear to be an obvious (to me) large number of Polish surnames.

7 December (Trump 174, Clinton 55)

Ohio 18 for Trump. The results are in numerical order highest to least. At the end of the second page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and (SOS) Husted. The third page continues with additional candidates, and at the bottom of the fourth page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and Husted.

Washington 12 for Clinton. Electors are linked from a spreadsheet, and includes their mailing addresses. Some curiosities: The Republicans alphabetized their electors. All 12 Green electors are from Seattle. Only one Constitution elector is from west of the Cascades (Marysviile). Four pairs of Socialist Workers electors share an address, are apparently male and female, but do not have a surname in common.

8 December (Trump 175, Clinton 87)

Maine 3 for Clinton, 1 for Trump. The certificate lists the separate vote totals for the congressional districts:

ME-1 Clinton 54.0%, Trump 39.2%, Johnson 4.7%, Stein 1.9%; ME-2 Trump 51.3%, Clinton 41.0%, Johnson 5.5%, Stein 1.9%; for a 12.6% swing between two. There were also 184 votes from Military and Overseas not associated with a congressional district: Clinton 79.1%, Trump 17.6%, Johnson 1.6%, Stein 1.6%.

New York 29 for Clinton. Celebrity Apprentices Electors include Bill Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Kathy Hochul, Bill de Blasio, and Christine Quinn. Donald J. Trump, Jr. was an elector nominee for his father. The certificate for New York is one page, with the canvass by the State Board of Elections on plain paper as an attachment. it lists the vote totals under New York's con-fusion law.

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Dates are when the certificate of ascertainment was executed, and not when they were received by the National Archivist or posted on the National Archives web site.

24 States are posted. New states are in red

17 November (Clinton 4, Trump 0)

Hawaii 4 for Clinton(?) At least they are Democrats. Notice the surnames of the 20 elector candidates.

18 November (Clinton 4, Trump 3)

Wyoming 3 for Trump. Kit Carson was an elector for Johnson.

21 November (Trump 19, Clinton 7)

Georgia 16 for Trump(?). The certificate doesn't indicate a presidential candidate or party. Also Baoky Vu supposedly resigned in August. Notice Nathan Deal's signature (compare to Rick Scott's)

Vermont 3 for Clinton. Governor Shumlin is an elector for Clinton. The certificate misspells De La Fuente's name.

22 November (Trump 56, Clinton 7)

Florida 29 for Trump. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received fewer votes than the 29 elector candidates they submitted. They probably didn't want to travel to Tallahassee to vote.

Louisiana 8 for Trump(?). No indication of party or candidate. Louisiana electors are chosen by district. What is the origin of the governor's name? His brothers have middle names of Millard and H., but it almost appears that his name is John-bel. Any relation to John Bell Hood, which would never appear as John Hood.

23 November (Trump 60, Clinton 7)

Idaho 4 for Trump(?). The certificate indicates the party, but not the candidate. The Trump electors are from Hayden, Kuna, Melba, and Parma. Darrell Castle was not the nominee of the Idaho Constitution Party. Idaho omits the Vice-Presidential candidate. Idaho is the only state to correctly date their certificate.

28 November (Trump 67, Clinton 7)

Oklahoma 7 for Trump. Oklahoma chooses electors by congressional district.

29 November (Trump 79, Clinton 12)

New Mexico 5 for Clinton(?). The certificate just reiterates the total number of popular votes and the electors candidates associated with the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, but nowhere indicates which of them had been appointed elector.

North Dakota 3 for Trump. North Dakota left off the party for Trump, alone. North Dakota also reported its write-in votes as a collective total.

South Carolina 9 for Trump. Witnessed by "Her Excellency Our Governor".

30 November (Trump 123, Clinton 12)

Texas 38 for Trump. One of the Valdivia electors is Mindy Lynn Mister-Moleski (wonders how often the syllables get transposed). Thomas Trump is an elector for Castle. Nine Lee electors have a surname of Lee. All 13 write-in candidates received at least 38 votes.

Utah 6 for Trump. Five political parties had candidates and slates of electors. three independent candidates had slates of electors, but De La Fuente only had four electors. Two independent candidates, including Jill Stein had no electors. Two write-in candidates had electors, and thirteen  write-in candidates had no electors. This may have hurt them since collectively they only received 54 popular votes.

1 December (Trump 134, Clinton 12)

Alaska 3 for Trump. The certificate was issued from Anchorage. Alaska electors usually meet in Anchorage rather than the ceremonial capital. The certificate was signed by both the Governor and the Lieutenant Government, since Alaska does not have a Secretary of State. One of the Trump electors is Sean Parnell, former governor. The certificate misspells the first name of Roque De La Fuente as Rogue. Perhaps they were channeling Sarah Palin.

Kentucky 8 for Trump. The certificate includes the (mailing) addresses of the elector candidates for on-ballot candidates. Republicans and Democrats, but not others are associate with districts. Three pairs of the McMullin electors appear to be couples. Had he won, could we have seem political romance between David and Rebecca? The certificate misspells Poplar Lane. Maybe the McMullin operatives couldn't understand the Kentuckians accent, "thats wright popular liek thuh treeuh". There were 24 write-in candidates. Ten of them received eight or more votes. 14 received fewer than 8 votes (they had more elector candidates than they had voters), including two who received zero votes, the ultimate in faithless electors.

2 December (Trump 156, Clinton 23)

Arkansas 6 for Clinton. Addresses of the Trump electors are provided. One of the Clinton advisors is a women named Flowers. It turns out that she is a state representative, Vivian rather than Jennifer.

Massachusetts 11 for Clinton. This is written with a script font. The candidates are listed as "Clinton and Kaine", "Trump and Pence", "Johnson and Weld", "Stein and Baraka". I suspect someone asked, "isn't that a bit informal?" The clerks preparing the certificate must have misunderstood, and thought, "hmm ... this is the font I used for my wedding invitations"

Michigan 16 for Trump. Addresses are given for the 16 electors. The certified margin is 10,704 votes. The Johnson (Libertarian) vote is 16.081 times as large; the Stein (Green) vote is 4.825 times as large; the Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) is 1.508 times as large; the McMullin (write-in) is 0.764 times as large. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received more votes than they had electors. Cherunda Fox only got 10 votes for the 16 electors.

6 December (Trump 156, Clinton 43 )

Illinois 20 for Clinton. The certificate begins with

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING;

One elector is John R Daley, who may be the grandson of Richard J Daley (the mayor), and nephew of Richard M Daley (former mayor of Chicago), and nephew of William M Daley (Obama's Chief of Staff and Bill Clinton's Secretary of Commerce). There does not appear to be an obvious (to me) large number of Polish surnames.

7 December (Trump 174, Clinton 55)

Ohio 18 for Trump. The results are in numerical order highest to least. At the end of the second page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and (SOS) Husted. The third page continues with additional candidates, and at the bottom of the fourth page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and Husted.

Washington 12 for Clinton. Electors are linked from a spreadsheet, and includes their mailing addresses. Some curiosities: The Republicans alphabetized their electors. All 12 Green electors are from Seattle. Only one Constitution elector is from west of the Cascades (Marysviile). Four pairs of Socialist Workers electors share an address, are apparently male and female, but do not have a surname in common.

8 December (Trump 175, Clinton 87)

Maine 3 for Clinton, 1 for Trump. The certificate lists the separate vote totals for the congressional districts:

ME-1 Clinton 54.0%, Trump 39.2%, Johnson 4.7%, Stein 1.9%; ME-2 Trump 51.3%, Clinton 41.0%, Johnson 5.5%, Stein 1.9%; for a 12.6% swing between two. There were also 184 votes from Military and Overseas not associated with a congressional district: Clinton 79.1%, Trump 17.6%, Johnson 1.6%, Stein 1.6%.

New York 29 for Clinton. Celebrity Apprentices Electors include Bill Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Kathy Hochul, Bill de Blasio, and Christine Quinn. Donald J. Trump, Jr. was an elector nominee for his father. The certificate for New York is one page, with the canvass by the State Board of Elections on plain paper as an attachment. it lists the vote totals under New York's con-fusion law.

12 December (Trump 195, Clinton 87)

Pennsylvania 20 for Trump. Oddly, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a State seal. Kentucky has a commonwealth seal, and that from Massachusetts reads "Sigillum Reipublicæ Massachusettensis" which translates as "Harvard Grads are Pretentious". Pennsylvania is one of few certificates that inform the electors of the meeting on the 19th. Arkansas is the other.

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Dates are when the certificate of ascertainment was executed, and not when they were received by the National Archivist or posted on the National Archives web site.

30 States, plus the District of Columbia are posted. New states are in red.
The result for Arkansas has been corrected.

17 November (Clinton 4, Trump 0)

Hawaii 4 for Clinton(?) At least they are Democrats. Notice the surnames of the 20 elector candidates.

18 November (Clinton 4, Trump 3)

Wyoming 3 for Trump. Kit Carson was an elector for Johnson.

21 November (Trump 19, Clinton 7)

Georgia 16 for Trump(?). The certificate doesn't indicate a presidential candidate or party. Also Baoky Vu supposedly resigned in August. Notice Nathan Deal's signature (compare to Rick Scott's)

Vermont 3 for Clinton. Governor Shumlin is an elector for Clinton. The certificate misspells De La Fuente's name.

22 November (Trump 56, Clinton 7)

Florida 29 for Trump. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received fewer votes than the 29 elector candidates they submitted. They probably didn't want to travel to Tallahassee to vote.

Louisiana 8 for Trump(?). No indication of party or candidate. Louisiana electors are chosen by district. What is the origin of the governor's name? His brothers have middle names of Millard and H., but it almost appears that his name is John-bel. Any relation to John Bell Hood, which would never appear as John Hood.

23 November (Trump 60, Clinton 7)

Idaho 4 for Trump(?). The certificate indicates the party, but not the candidate. The Trump electors are from Hayden, Kuna, Melba, and Parma. Darrell Castle was not the nominee of the Idaho Constitution Party. Idaho omits the Vice-Presidential candidate. Idaho is the only state to correctly date their certificate.

28 November (Trump 67, Clinton 7)

Oklahoma 7 for Trump. Oklahoma chooses electors by congressional district.

29 November (Trump 79, Clinton 12)

New Mexico 5 for Clinton(?). The certificate just reiterates the total number of popular votes and the electors candidates associated with the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, but nowhere indicates which of them had been appointed elector.

North Dakota 3 for Trump. North Dakota left off the party for Trump, alone. North Dakota also reported its write-in votes as a collective total.

South Carolina 9 for Trump. Witnessed by "Her Excellency Our Governor".

30 November (Trump 123, Clinton 12)

Texas 38 for Trump. One of the Valdivia electors is Mindy Lynn Mister-Moleski (wonders how often the syllables get transposed). Thomas Trump is an elector for Castle. Nine Lee electors have a surname of Lee. All 13 write-in candidates received at least 38 votes.

Utah 6 for Trump. Five political parties had candidates and slates of electors. three independent candidates had slates of electors, but De La Fuente only had four electors. Two independent candidates, including Jill Stein had no electors. Two write-in candidates had electors, and thirteen  write-in candidates had no electors. This may have hurt them since collectively they only received 54 popular votes.

1 December (Trump 134, Clinton 12)

Alaska 3 for Trump. The certificate was issued from Anchorage. Alaska electors usually meet in Anchorage rather than the ceremonial capital. The certificate was signed by both the Governor and the Lieutenant Government, since Alaska does not have a Secretary of State. One of the Trump electors is Sean Parnell, former governor. The certificate misspells the first name of Roque De La Fuente as Rogue. Perhaps they were channeling Sarah Palin.

Kentucky 8 for Trump. The certificate includes the (mailing) addresses of the elector candidates for on-ballot candidates. Republicans and Democrats, but not others are associate with districts. Three pairs of the McMullin electors appear to be couples. Had he won, could we have seem political romance between David and Rebecca? The certificate misspells Poplar Lane. Maybe the McMullin operatives couldn't understand the Kentuckians accent, "thats wright popular liek thuh treeuh". There were 24 write-in candidates. Ten of them received eight or more votes. 14 received fewer than 8 votes (they had more elector candidates than they had voters), including two who received zero votes, the ultimate in faithless electors.

2 December (Trump 167, Clinton 23)

Arkansas 6 for Trump. Addresses of the Trump electors are provided. One of the Clinton advisors is a women named Flowers. It turns out that she is a state representative, Vivian rather than Jennifer.

Indiana 11 for Trump. Indiana uses State Form 40655 / (R5/8-12) / IEC-20. R5/8-12 may be Revision 5, August 2012. The certificate was signed on December 2, but not published by the Archivist until December 15. The governor may have been busy with other matters. Indiana only had three on-ballot candidates. The 15 write-in candidates did not have to name 11 electors, though some did, and some named none. All eleven elector candidates for Koltikoff were from Michigan. Cherunda Fox who named 11 elector candidates received one popular vote.

Massachusetts 11 for Clinton. This is written with a script font. The candidates are listed as "Clinton and Kaine", "Trump and Pence", "Johnson and Weld", "Stein and Baraka". I suspect someone asked, "isn't that a bit informal?" The clerks preparing the certificate must have misunderstood, and thought, "hmm ... this is the font I used for my wedding invitations"

Michigan 16 for Trump. Addresses are given for the 16 electors. The certified margin is 10,704 votes. The Johnson (Libertarian) vote is 16.081 times as large; the Stein (Green) vote is 4.825 times as large; the Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) is 1.508 times as large; the McMullin (write-in) is 0.764 times as large. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received more votes than they had electors. Cherunda Fox only got 10 votes for the 16 electors.

6 December (Trump 167, Clinton 43 )

Illinois 20 for Clinton. The certificate begins with

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING;

One elector is John R Daley, who may be the grandson of Richard J Daley (the mayor), and nephew of Richard M Daley (former mayor of Chicago), and nephew of William M Daley (Obama's Chief of Staff and Bill Clinton's Secretary of Commerce). There does not appear to be an obvious (to me) large number of Polish surnames.

7 December (Trump 185, Clinton 59)

Ohio 18 for Trump. The results are in numerical order highest to least. At the end of the second page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and (SOS) Husted. The third page continues with additional candidates, and at the bottom of the fourth page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and Husted.

Rhode Island 4 for Clinton. In the past, the Rhode Island Certificate of Ascertainment has included the state canvass for all offices in Rhode Island. This year, they only include the presidential results, and invite those interested in more details to their web site. A Clinton elector is Herbert Claiborne Pell. If this is is Herbert Claiborne Pell IV he is the husband of Michelle Kwan.

Washington 12 for Clinton. Electors are linked from a spreadsheet, and includes their mailing addresses. Some curiosities: The Republicans alphabetized their electors. All 12 Green electors are from Seattle. Only one Constitution elector is from west of the Cascades (Marysviile). Four pairs of Socialist Workers electors share an address, are apparently male and female, but do not have a surname in common.

Continued in Part II

[jimrtex]

PART II

8 December (Trump 197, Clinton 91)

Arizona 11 for Trump. Gabrielle Giffords and Peterson Zah were Democratic electors.

The Republican electors show:

Lynch, Jane Pierpoint
Morgan, J. Foster

The tint on the Arizona certificate is a relief map of the state on a desert brown. It may be the only certificate with an explicit reference to Mex(ico).

Maine 3 for Clinton, 1 for Trump. The certificate lists the separate vote totals for the congressional districts:

ME-1 Clinton 54.0%, Trump 39.2%, Johnson 4.7%, Stein 1.9%; ME-2 Trump 51.3%, Clinton 41.0%, Johnson 5.5%, Stein 1.9%; for a 12.6% swing between two. There were also 184 votes from Military and Overseas not associated with a congressional district: Clinton 79.1%, Trump 17.6%, Johnson 1.6%, Stein 1.6%.

New York 29 for Clinton. Celebrity Apprentices Electors include Bill Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Kathy Hochul, Bill de Blasio, and Christine Quinn. Donald J. Trump, Jr. was an elector nominee for his father. The certificate for New York is one page, with the canvass by the State Board of Elections on plain paper as an attachment. it lists the vote totals under New York's con-fusion law.

9 December (Trump 197, Clinton 100)

Colorado 9 for Clinton. Pete Coors was a Republican elector. In addition to the 22 on-ballot candidates, there were 6 write-in candidates, only one of which who received 9 popular votes. Write-in candidates were associated with the "Green/Democratic", "Unaffiliated/Libertarian", "Unaffiliated/Republican", and "Republican" party.

12 December (Trump 223, Clinton 100)

Iowa 6 for Trump. The certificate only lists the party and not the presidential candidates, so it is not obvious that McMullin outpolled Stein in Iowa.

Pennsylvania 20 for Trump. Oddly, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a State seal. Kentucky has a commonwealth seal, and that from Massachusetts reads "Sigillum Reipublicæ Massachusettensis" which translates as "Harvard Grads are Pretentious". Pennsylvania is one of few certificates that inform the electors of the meeting on the 19th. Arkansas is the other.

13 December (Trump 223, Clinton 113)

District of Columbia 3 for Clinton. The District numbers their electoral colleges, this being the 14th College of Electors. None of the seven states holding their 58th College of Electors made note of that fact.

Minnesota 10 for Clinton. Minnesota has some of the most stringent and complicated faithless elector laws of any state. They require parties to name a slate of 10 elector candidates and 10 alternate elector candidates. They are also required to pledge to support the presidential and vice presidential candidate of their party. When they meet, they are required to sign their ballot. If they fail to fulfill their pledge, their vote will not be accepted, and they will deemed to have resigned. In the certificate of ascertainment, Governor Dayton asserts:

"I will certify that the electors will serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector will fill the vacancy."

Minnesota had nine on-ballot candidates and 44 write-in candidates, 16 of whom received no popular votes, 16 others who had less than than 10 popular votes. Among those who received the most were candidates who included Amy Klobuchar, Jesse Ventura, and Condoleeza Rice, as their vice-presidential running mates. The elector candidate for the Jeffrey Ryan Wharton Sr.-Klobuchar ticket was Al Fraken.

Jill Stein's running mate in Minnesota was Howie Hawkins. Ajamu Baraka was a vice-presidential candidate for a write-in candidate who received zero votes.

[Tender Branson]

With 31/51 posted, I assume not all certificates will be online by Monday when the electors meet ?

[jimrtex]

With 31/51 posted, I assume not all certificates will be online by Monday when the electors meet ?

Correct.

For a Certificate of Ascertainment to be presumed official it must be executed at least six days before the electors meet. There is a deadline for receipt by the Archivist, but that is in late December. Copies are also sent to local federal courts, and kept at the SOS offices, in case of failure of the mail system.

The latest batch to be posted included that from Indiana which was signed on December 2, so was almost two weeks in being posted.

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Dates are when the certificate of ascertainment was executed, and not when they were received by the National Archivist or posted on the National Archives web site.

36 States, plus the District of Columbia are posted. New states are in red.

17 November (Clinton 4, Trump 0)

Hawaii 4 for Clinton(?) At least they are Democrats. Notice the surnames of the 20 elector candidates.

18 November (Clinton 4, Trump 3)

Wyoming 3 for Trump. Kit Carson was an elector for Johnson.

21 November (Trump 19, Clinton 7)

Georgia 16 for Trump(?). The certificate doesn't indicate a presidential candidate or party. Also Baoky Vu supposedly resigned in August. Notice Nathan Deal's signature (compare to Rick Scott's)

Vermont 3 for Clinton. Governor Shumlin is an elector for Clinton. The certificate misspells De La Fuente's name.

22 November (Trump 56, Clinton 7)

Florida 29 for Trump. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received fewer votes than the 29 elector candidates they submitted. They probably didn't want to travel to Tallahassee to vote.

Louisiana 8 for Trump(?). No indication of party or candidate. Louisiana electors are chosen by district. What is the origin of the governor's name? His brothers have middle names of Millard and H., but it almost appears that his name is John-bel. Any relation to John Bell Hood, which would never appear as John Hood.

23 November (Trump 60, Clinton 7)

Idaho 4 for Trump(?). The certificate indicates the party, but not the candidate. The Trump electors are from Hayden, Kuna, Melba, and Parma. Darrell Castle was not the nominee of the Idaho Constitution Party. Idaho omits the Vice-Presidential candidate. Idaho is the only state to correctly date their certificate.

28 November (Trump 67, Clinton 7)

Oklahoma 7 for Trump. Oklahoma chooses electors by congressional district.

29 November (Trump 79, Clinton 12)

New Mexico 5 for Clinton(?). The certificate just reiterates the total number of popular votes and the electors candidates associated with the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, but nowhere indicates which of them had been appointed elector.

North Dakota 3 for Trump. North Dakota left off the party for Trump, alone. North Dakota also reported its write-in votes as a collective total.

South Carolina 9 for Trump. Witnessed by "Her Excellency Our Governor".

30 November (Trump 123, Clinton 19)

Connecticut 7 for Clinton. Yale grads are even more pretentious than Harvard grads. Not only is the State Seal in Latin, it is oval shaped so as to better contain Connecticutensis. Connecticut spelled out the vote totals: Clinton led Trump by eight hundred ninety seven thousand, five hundred twenty four to six hundred seventy three thousand, one hundred ninety seven, a difference of two hundred twenty four thousand, three hundred twenty seven.

Texas 38 for Trump. One of the Valdivia electors is Mindy Lynn Mister-Moleski (wonders how often the syllables get transposed). Thomas Trump is an elector for Castle. Nine Lee electors have a surname of Lee. All 13 write-in candidates received at least 38 votes.

Utah 6 for Trump. Five political parties had candidates and slates of electors. three independent candidates had slates of electors, but De La Fuente only had four electors. Two independent candidates, including Jill Stein had no electors. Two write-in candidates had electors, and thirteen  write-in candidates had no electors. This may have hurt them since collectively they only received 54 popular votes.

1 December (Trump 134, Clinton 19)

Alaska 3 for Trump. The certificate was issued from Anchorage. Alaska electors usually meet in Anchorage rather than the ceremonial capital. The certificate was signed by both the Governor and the Lieutenant Government, since Alaska does not have a Secretary of State. One of the Trump electors is Sean Parnell, former governor. The certificate misspells the first name of Roque De La Fuente as Rogue. Perhaps they were channeling Sarah Palin.

Kentucky 8 for Trump. The certificate includes the (mailing) addresses of the elector candidates for on-ballot candidates. Republicans and Democrats, but not others are associate with districts. Three pairs of the McMullin electors appear to be couples. Had he won, could we have seem political romance between David and Rebecca? The certificate misspells Poplar Lane. Maybe the McMullin operatives couldn't understand the Kentuckians accent, "thats wright popular liek thuh treeuh". There were 24 write-in candidates. Ten of them received eight or more votes. 14 received fewer than 8 votes (they had more elector candidates than they had voters), including two who received zero votes, the ultimate in faithless electors.

2 December (Trump 167, Clinton 30)

Arkansas 6 for Trump. Addresses of the Trump electors are provided. One of the Clinton advisors is a women named Flowers. It turns out that she is a state representative, Vivian rather than Jennifer.

Indiana 11 for Trump. Indiana uses State Form 40655 / (R5/8-12) / IEC-20. R5/8-12 may be Revision 5, August 2012. The certificate was signed on December 2, but not published by the Archivist until December 15. The governor may have been busy with other matters. Indiana only had three on-ballot candidates. The 15 write-in candidates did not have to name 11 electors, though some did, and some named none. All eleven elector candidates for Koltikoff were from Michigan. Cherunda Fox who named 11 elector candidates received one popular vote.

Massachusetts 11 for Clinton. This is written with a script font. The candidates are listed as "Clinton and Kaine", "Trump and Pence", "Johnson and Weld", "Stein and Baraka". I suspect someone asked, "isn't that a bit informal?" The clerks preparing the certificate must have misunderstood, and thought, "hmm ... this is the font I used for my wedding invitations"

Michigan 16 for Trump. Addresses are given for the 16 electors. The certified margin is 10,704 votes. The Johnson (Libertarian) vote is 16.081 times as large; the Stein (Green) vote is 4.825 times as large; the Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) is 1.508 times as large; the McMullin (write-in) is 0.764 times as large. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received more votes than they had electors. Cherunda Fox only got 10 votes for the 16 electors.

6 December (Trump 167, Clinton 50)

Illinois 20 for Clinton. The certificate begins with

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING;

One elector is John R Daley, who may be the grandson of Richard J Daley (the mayor), and nephew of Richard M Daley (former mayor of Chicago), and nephew of William M Daley (Obama's Chief of Staff and Bill Clinton's Secretary of Commerce). There does not appear to be an obvious (to me) large number of Polish surnames.

7 December (Trump 185, Clinton 66)

Ohio 18 for Trump. The results are in numerical order highest to least. At the end of the second page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and (SOS) Husted. The third page continues with additional candidates, and at the bottom of the fourth page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and Husted.

Rhode Island 4 for Clinton. In the past, the Rhode Island Certificate of Ascertainment has included the state canvass for all offices in Rhode Island. This year, they only include the presidential results, and invite those interested in more details to their web site. A Clinton elector is Herbert Claiborne Pell. If this is is Herbert Claiborne Pell IV he is the husband of Michelle Kwan.

Washington 12 for Clinton. Electors are linked from a spreadsheet, and includes their mailing addresses. Some curiosities: The Republicans alphabetized their electors. All 12 Green electors are from Seattle. Only one Constitution elector is from west of the Cascades (Marysviile). Four pairs of Socialist Workers electors share an address, are apparently male and female, but do not have a surname in common.

Continued in Part II

[jimrtex]

PART II

8 December (Trump 197, Clinton 98)

Arizona 11 for Trump. Gabrielle Giffords and Peterson Zah were Democratic electors.

The Republican electors show:

Lynch, Jane Pierpoint
Morgan, J. Foster

The tint on the Arizona certificate is a relief map of the state on a desert brown. It may be the only certificate with an explicit reference to Mex(ico).

Maine 3 for Clinton, 1 for Trump. The certificate lists the separate vote totals for the congressional districts:

ME-1 Clinton 54.0%, Trump 39.2%, Johnson 4.7%, Stein 1.9%; ME-2 Trump 51.3%, Clinton 41.0%, Johnson 5.5%, Stein 1.9%; for a 12.6% swing between two. There were also 184 votes from Military and Overseas not associated with a congressional district: Clinton 79.1%, Trump 17.6%, Johnson 1.6%, Stein 1.6%.

New York 29 for Clinton. Celebrity Apprentices Electors include Bill Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Kathy Hochul, Bill de Blasio, and Christine Quinn. Donald J. Trump, Jr. was an elector nominee for his father. The certificate for New York is one page, with the canvass by the State Board of Elections on plain paper as an attachment. it lists the vote totals under New York's con-fusion law.

9 December (Trump 197, Clinton 107)

Colorado 9 for Clinton. Pete Coors was a Republican elector. In addition to the 22 on-ballot candidates, there were 6 write-in candidates, only one of which who received 9 popular votes. Write-in candidates were associated with the "Green/Democratic", "Unaffiliated/Libertarian", "Unaffiliated/Republican", and "Republican" party.

12 December (Trump 232, Clinton 107)

Alabama 9 for Trump. The state canvass was completed on November 29, but the certificate of ascertainment was not completed until 12 December. It was prepared with a blank for the day, but not the month. How long did it sit in Bentley's in basket?

Iowa 6 for Trump. The certificate only lists the party and not the presidential candidates, so it is not obvious that McMullin outpolled Stein in Iowa.

Pennsylvania 20 for Trump. Oddly, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a State seal. Kentucky has a commonwealth seal, and that from Massachusetts reads "Sigillum Reipublicæ Massachusettensis" which translates as "Harvard Grads are Pretentious". Pennsylvania is one of few certificates that inform the electors of the meeting on the 19th. Arkansas is the other.

13 December (Trump 232, Clinton 120)

District of Columbia 3 for Clinton. The District numbers their electoral colleges, this being the 14th College of Electors. None of the seven states holding their 58th College of Electors made note of that fact.

Minnesota 10 for Clinton. Minnesota has some of the most stringent and complicated faithless elector laws of any state. They require parties to name a slate of 10 elector candidates and 10 alternate elector candidates. They are also required to pledge to support the presidential and vice presidential candidate of their party. When they meet, they are required to sign their ballot. If they fail to fulfill their pledge, their vote will not be accepted, and they will deemed to have resigned. In the certificate of ascertainment, Governor Dayton asserts:

"I will certify that the electors will serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector will fill the vacancy."

Minnesota had nine on-ballot candidates and 44 write-in candidates, 16 of whom received no popular votes, 16 others who had less than than 10 popular votes. Among those who received the most were candidates who included Amy Klobuchar, Jesse Ventura, and Condoleeza Rice, as their vice-presidential running mates. The elector candidate for the Jeffrey Ryan Wharton Sr.-Klobuchar ticket was Al Fraken.

Jill Stein's running mate in Minnesota was Howie Hawkins. Ajamu Baraka was a vice-presidential candidate for a write-in candidate who received zero votes.

14 December (Trump 247, Clinton 120)

North Carolina 15 for Trump. The North Carolina certificate uses a letterhead with a seal, and apparently did not require the SOS to witness the governor's signing.

15 December (Trump 261, Clinton 120)

Mississippi 6 for Trump. The Constitution Party outpolled the Green Party, and the Prohibition Party was on the ballot.

Nebraska 5 for Trump. The two-way results for three congressional districts were, from west to east: NE-3 Trump 79%:Clinton 21%; NE-1 Trump 61%:Clinton 39%; Trump 51%:Clinton 49%. NE-3 is thus the most Republican electoral unit in the country. Wyoming was 76%:24% for Trump. Nebraska includes the same caveat as Minnesota, that vacancies might occur up to the end of the meeting of the electoral college.

South Dakota 3 for Trump. South Dakota elected Governor Dennis Daugaard, Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels, and Attorney General Marty Jackley. South Dakota joins New York and Vermont as states where the governor certified his own election.

[Tender Branson]

NY now has added even more votes on their election website, despite already submitting their "official" certificate ...

Joke state.

They can't even count their votes in time to produce a final, official certificate without adding votes months later ...

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Dates are when the certificate of ascertainment was executed, and not when they were received by the National Archivist or posted on the National Archives web site.

40 States, plus the District of Columbia are posted. New states are in red.

17 November (Clinton 4, Trump 0)

Hawaii 4 for Clinton(?) At least they are Democrats. Notice the surnames of the 20 elector candidates.

18 November (Clinton 4, Trump 3)

Wyoming 3 for Trump. Kit Carson was an elector for Johnson.

21 November (Trump 19, Clinton 7)

Georgia 16 for Trump(?). The certificate doesn't indicate a presidential candidate or party. Also Baoky Vu supposedly resigned in August. Notice Nathan Deal's signature (compare to Rick Scott's)

Vermont 3 for Clinton. Governor Shumlin is an elector for Clinton. The certificate misspells De La Fuente's name.

22 November (Trump 56, Clinton 7)

Florida 29 for Trump. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received fewer votes than the 29 elector candidates they submitted. They probably didn't want to travel to Tallahassee to vote.

Louisiana 8 for Trump(?). No indication of party or candidate. Louisiana electors are chosen by district. What is the origin of the governor's name? His brothers have middle names of Millard and H., but it almost appears that his name is John-bel. Any relation to John Bell Hood, which would never appear as John Hood.

23 November (Trump 60, Clinton 7)

Idaho 4 for Trump(?). The certificate indicates the party, but not the candidate. The Trump electors are from Hayden, Kuna, Melba, and Parma. Darrell Castle was not the nominee of the Idaho Constitution Party. Idaho omits the Vice-Presidential candidate. Idaho is the only state to correctly date their certificate.

28 November (Trump 67, Clinton 7)

Oklahoma 7 for Trump. Oklahoma chooses electors by congressional district.

29 November (Trump 79, Clinton 12)

New Mexico 5 for Clinton(?). The certificate just reiterates the total number of popular votes and the electors candidates associated with the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, but nowhere indicates which of them had been appointed elector.

North Dakota 3 for Trump. North Dakota left off the party for Trump, alone. North Dakota also reported its write-in votes as a collective total.

South Carolina 9 for Trump. Witnessed by "Her Excellency Our Governor".

30 November (Trump 123, Clinton 19)

Connecticut 7 for Clinton. Yale grads are even more pretentious than Harvard grads. Not only is the State Seal in Latin, it is oval shaped so as to better contain Connecticutensis. Connecticut spelled out the vote totals: Clinton led Trump by eight hundred ninety seven thousand, five hundred twenty four to six hundred seventy three thousand, one hundred ninety seven, a difference of two hundred twenty four thousand, three hundred twenty seven.

Texas 38 for Trump. One of the Valdivia electors is Mindy Lynn Mister-Moleski (wonders how often the syllables get transposed). Thomas Trump is an elector for Castle. Nine Lee electors have a surname of Lee. All 13 write-in candidates received at least 38 votes.

Utah 6 for Trump. Five political parties had candidates and slates of electors. three independent candidates had slates of electors, but De La Fuente only had four electors. Two independent candidates, including Jill Stein had no electors. Two write-in candidates had electors, and thirteen  write-in candidates had no electors. This may have hurt them since collectively they only received 54 popular votes.

1 December (Trump 134, Clinton 19)

Alaska 3 for Trump. The certificate was issued from Anchorage. Alaska electors usually meet in Anchorage rather than the ceremonial capital. The certificate was signed by both the Governor and the Lieutenant Government, since Alaska does not have a Secretary of State. One of the Trump electors is Sean Parnell, former governor. The certificate misspells the first name of Roque De La Fuente as Rogue. Perhaps they were channeling Sarah Palin.

Kentucky 8 for Trump. The certificate includes the (mailing) addresses of the elector candidates for on-ballot candidates. Republicans and Democrats, but not others are associate with districts. Three pairs of the McMullin electors appear to be couples. Had he won, could we have seem political romance between David and Rebecca? The certificate misspells Poplar Lane. Maybe the McMullin operatives couldn't understand the Kentuckians accent, "thats wright popular liek thuh treeuh". There were 24 write-in candidates. Ten of them received eight or more votes. 14 received fewer than 8 votes (they had more elector candidates than they had voters), including two who received zero votes, the ultimate in faithless electors.

2 December (Trump 167, Clinton 30)

Arkansas 6 for Trump. Addresses of the Trump electors are provided. One of the Clinton advisors is a women named Flowers. It turns out that she is a state representative, Vivian rather than Jennifer.

Indiana 11 for Trump. Indiana uses State Form 40655 / (R5/8-12) / IEC-20. R5/8-12 may be Revision 5, August 2012. The certificate was signed on December 2, but not published by the Archivist until December 15. The governor may have been busy with other matters. Indiana only had three on-ballot candidates. The 15 write-in candidates did not have to name 11 electors, though some did, and some named none. All eleven elector candidates for Koltikoff were from Michigan. Cherunda Fox who named 11 elector candidates received one popular vote.

Massachusetts 11 for Clinton. This is written with a script font. The candidates are listed as "Clinton and Kaine", "Trump and Pence", "Johnson and Weld", "Stein and Baraka". I suspect someone asked, "isn't that a bit informal?" The clerks preparing the certificate must have misunderstood, and thought, "hmm ... this is the font I used for my wedding invitations"

Michigan 16 for Trump. Addresses are given for the 16 electors. The certified margin is 10,704 votes. The Johnson (Libertarian) vote is 16.081 times as large; the Stein (Green) vote is 4.825 times as large; the Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) is 1.508 times as large; the McMullin (write-in) is 0.764 times as large. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received more votes than they had electors. Cherunda Fox only got 10 votes for the 16 electors.

6 December (Trump 167, Clinton 50)

Illinois 20 for Clinton. The certificate begins with

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING;

One elector is John R Daley, who may be the grandson of Richard J Daley (the mayor), and nephew of Richard M Daley (former mayor of Chicago), and nephew of William M Daley (Obama's Chief of Staff and Bill Clinton's Secretary of Commerce). There does not appear to be an obvious (to me) large number of Polish surnames.

7 December (Trump 185, Clinton 66)

Ohio 18 for Trump. The results are in numerical order highest to least. At the end of the second page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and (SOS) Husted. The third page continues with additional candidates, and at the bottom of the fourth page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and Husted.

Rhode Island 4 for Clinton. In the past, the Rhode Island Certificate of Ascertainment has included the state canvass for all offices in Rhode Island. This year, they only include the presidential results, and invite those interested in more details to their web site. A Clinton elector is Herbert Claiborne Pell. If this is is Herbert Claiborne Pell IV he is the husband of Michelle Kwan.

Washington 12 for Clinton. Electors are linked from a spreadsheet, and includes their mailing addresses. Some curiosities: The Republicans alphabetized their electors. All 12 Green electors are from Seattle. Only one Constitution elector is from west of the Cascades (Marysviile). Four pairs of Socialist Workers electors share an address, are apparently male and female, but do not have a surname in common.

Continued in Part II

[jimrtex]

PART II

8 December (Trump 197, Clinton 98)

Arizona 11 for Trump. Gabrielle Giffords and Peterson Zah were Democratic electors.

The Republican electors show:

Lynch, Jane Pierpoint
Morgan, J. Foster

The tint on the Arizona certificate is a relief map of the state on a desert brown. It may be the only certificate with an explicit reference to Mex(ico).

Maine 3 for Clinton, 1 for Trump. The certificate lists the separate vote totals for the congressional districts:

ME-1 Clinton 54.0%, Trump 39.2%, Johnson 4.7%, Stein 1.9%; ME-2 Trump 51.3%, Clinton 41.0%, Johnson 5.5%, Stein 1.9%; for a 12.6% swing between two. There were also 184 votes from Military and Overseas not associated with a congressional district: Clinton 79.1%, Trump 17.6%, Johnson 1.6%, Stein 1.6%.

New York 29 for Clinton. Celebrity Apprentices Electors include Bill Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Kathy Hochul, Bill de Blasio, and Christine Quinn. Donald J. Trump, Jr. was an elector nominee for his father. The certificate for New York is one page, with the canvass by the State Board of Elections on plain paper as an attachment. it lists the vote totals under New York's con-fusion law.

9 December (Trump 197, Clinton 107)

Colorado 9 for Clinton. Pete Coors was a Republican elector. In addition to the 22 on-ballot candidates, there were 6 write-in candidates, only one of which who received 9 popular votes. Write-in candidates were associated with the "Green/Democratic", "Unaffiliated/Libertarian", "Unaffiliated/Republican", and "Republican" party.

12 December (Trump 242, Clinton 162)

Alabama 9 for Trump. The state canvass was completed on November 29, but the certificate of ascertainment was not completed until 12 December. It was prepared with a blank for the day, but not the month. How long did it sit in Bentley's in basket?

California 55 for Clinton. The Trump popular votes were credited to both the Republican and American Independent party slates. Under the full faith and credit clause of the US Constitution, these 4.4 million popular votes must be credited to Trump twice. Trump wins the popular vote.

Iowa 6 for Trump. The certificate only lists the party and not the presidential candidates, so it is not obvious that McMullin outpolled Stein in Iowa.

Pennsylvania 20 for Trump. Oddly, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a State seal. Kentucky has a commonwealth seal, and that from Massachusetts reads "Sigillum Reipublicæ Massachusettensis" which translates as "Harvard Grads are Pretentious". Pennsylvania is one of few certificates that inform the electors of the meeting on the 19th. Arkansas is the other.

Wisconsin 10 for Trump. Wisconsin appears to use an actual wax seal.

13 December (Trump 242, Clinton 175)

District of Columbia 3 for Clinton. The District numbers their electoral colleges, this being the 14th College of Electors. None of the seven states holding their 58th College of Electors made note of that fact.

Minnesota 10 for Clinton. Minnesota has some of the most stringent and complicated faithless elector laws of any state. They require parties to name a slate of 10 elector candidates and 10 alternate elector candidates. They are also required to pledge to support the presidential and vice presidential candidate of their party. When they meet, they are required to sign their ballot. If they fail to fulfill their pledge, their vote will not be accepted, and they will deemed to have resigned. In the certificate of ascertainment, Governor Dayton asserts:

"I will certify that the electors will serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector will fill the vacancy."

Minnesota had nine on-ballot candidates and 44 write-in candidates, 16 of whom received no popular votes, 16 others who had less than than 10 popular votes. Among those who received the most were candidates who included Amy Klobuchar, Jesse Ventura, and Condoleeza Rice, as their vice-presidential running mates. The elector candidate for the Jeffrey Ryan Wharton Sr.-Klobuchar ticket was Al Fraken.

Jill Stein's running mate in Minnesota was Howie Hawkins. Ajamu Baraka was a vice-presidential candidate for a write-in candidate who received zero votes.

14 December (Trump 267, Clinton 175)

Missouri 10 for Trump. While most governors are content with an introduction followed by a tally of all electoral votes, Jeremiah Nixon repeated it for each candidate of 12 candidates. "BE IT FURTHER KNOWN, that I, JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON, Governor of the State of Missouri, do hereby certify ..." Either that or Secretary of State Kander knows that Nixon hates being called Jeremiah.

North Carolina 15 for Trump. The North Carolina certificate uses a letterhead with a seal, and apparently did not require the SOS to witness the governor's signing.

15 December (Trump 281, Clinton 175)

TRUMP WINS                              DONALD J. TRUMP ELECTED 45TH PRESIDENT         MIKE PENCE VICE PRESIDENT
Mississippi 6 for Trump. The Constitution Party outpolled the Green Party, and the Prohibition Party was on the ballot.

Nebraska 5 for Trump. The two-way results for three congressional districts were, from west to east: NE-3 Trump 79%:Clinton 21%; NE-1 Trump 61%:Clinton 39%; Trump 51%:Clinton 49%. NE-3 is thus the most Republican electoral unit in the country. Wyoming was 76%:24% for Trump. Nebraska includes the same caveat as Minnesota, that vacancies might occur up to the end of the meeting of the electoral college.

South Dakota 3 for Trump. South Dakota elected Governor Dennis Daugaard, Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels, and Attorney General Marty Jackley. South Dakota joins New York and Vermont as states where the governor certified his own election.

16 December (Trump 286, Clinton 175)

West Virginia 5 For Trump. West Virginia had 34 write-in candidates, including 17 who received zero votes. The 188,794 popular votes for Hillary "We're Going To Put Coal Miners Out of Business (Chopping Motion) Right, Tim (smirk)" Clinton is the fewest for a Democratic candidate in West Virginia since 1916 - and that was before the 19th Amendment. If we assume that a majority of the Clinton voters were female, then we have to go back to the 1892 election to find an election with fewer male Democratic voters.

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https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2016/certificates-of-ascertainment.html
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Dates are when the certificate of ascertainment was executed, and not when they were received by the National Archivist or posted on the National Archives web site.

44 States, plus the District of Columbia are posted. New states are in red.

17 November (Clinton 4, Trump 0)

Hawaii 4 for Clinton(?) At least they are Democrats. Notice the surnames of the 20 elector candidates.

18 November (Clinton 4, Trump 3)

Wyoming 3 for Trump. Kit Carson was an elector for Johnson.

21 November (Trump 19, Clinton 7)

Georgia 16 for Trump(?). The certificate doesn't indicate a presidential candidate or party. Also Baoky Vu supposedly resigned in August. Notice Nathan Deal's signature (compare to Rick Scott's)

Vermont 3 for Clinton. Governor Shumlin is an elector for Clinton. The certificate misspells De La Fuente's name.

22 November (Trump 56, Clinton 7)

Florida 29 for Trump. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received fewer votes than the 29 elector candidates they submitted. They probably didn't want to travel to Tallahassee to vote.

Louisiana 8 for Trump(?). No indication of party or candidate. Louisiana electors are chosen by district. What is the origin of the governor's name? His brothers have middle names of Millard and H., but it almost appears that his name is John-bel. Any relation to John Bell Hood, which would never appear as John Hood.

23 November (Trump 60, Clinton 10)

Delaware 3 for Clinton. Where is Caeser Rodney when you need him? The certificate only required 28 days to get from Dover to Washington. Only the Republicans and Democrats had named electors. Everyone else had Elector 1, Elector 2, and Elector 3.

Idaho 4 for Trump(?). The certificate indicates the party, but not the candidate. The Trump electors are from Hayden, Kuna, Melba, and Parma. Darrell Castle was not the nominee of the Idaho Constitution Party. Idaho omits the Vice-Presidential candidate. Idaho is the only state to correctly date their certificate.

28 November (Trump 67, Clinton 10)

Oklahoma 7 for Trump. Oklahoma chooses electors by congressional district.

29 November (Trump 79, Clinton 15)

New Mexico 5 for Clinton(?). The certificate just reiterates the total number of popular votes and the electors candidates associated with the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, but nowhere indicates which of them had been appointed elector.

North Dakota 3 for Trump. North Dakota left off the party for Trump, alone. North Dakota also reported its write-in votes as a collective total.

South Carolina 9 for Trump. Witnessed by "Her Excellency Our Governor".

30 November (Trump 123, Clinton 22)

Connecticut 7 for Clinton. Yale grads are even more pretentious than Harvard grads. Not only is the State Seal in Latin, it is oval shaped so as to better contain Connecticutensis. Connecticut spelled out the vote totals: Clinton led Trump by eight hundred ninety seven thousand, five hundred twenty four to six hundred seventy three thousand, one hundred ninety seven, a difference of two hundred twenty four thousand, three hundred twenty seven.

Texas 38 for Trump. One of the Valdivia electors is Mindy Lynn Mister-Moleski (wonders how often the syllables get transposed). Thomas Trump is an elector for Castle. Nine Lee electors have a surname of Lee. All 13 write-in candidates received at least 38 votes.

Utah 6 for Trump. Five political parties had candidates and slates of electors. three independent candidates had slates of electors, but De La Fuente only had four electors. Two independent candidates, including Jill Stein had no electors. Two write-in candidates had electors, and thirteen  write-in candidates had no electors. This may have hurt them since collectively they only received 54 popular votes.

1 December (Trump 134, Clinton 22)

Alaska 3 for Trump. The certificate was issued from Anchorage. Alaska electors usually meet in Anchorage rather than the ceremonial capital. The certificate was signed by both the Governor and the Lieutenant Government, since Alaska does not have a Secretary of State. One of the Trump electors is Sean Parnell, former governor. The certificate misspells the first name of Roque De La Fuente as Rogue. Perhaps they were channeling Sarah Palin.

Kentucky 8 for Trump. The certificate includes the (mailing) addresses of the elector candidates for on-ballot candidates. Republicans and Democrats, but not others are associate with districts. Three pairs of the McMullin electors appear to be couples. Had he won, could we have seem political romance between David and Rebecca? The certificate misspells Poplar Lane. Maybe the McMullin operatives couldn't understand the Kentuckians accent, "thats wright popular liek thuh treeuh". There were 24 write-in candidates. Ten of them received eight or more votes. 14 received fewer than 8 votes (they had more elector candidates than they had voters), including two who received zero votes, the ultimate in faithless electors.

2 December (Trump 167, Clinton 33)

Arkansas 6 for Trump. Addresses of the Trump electors are provided. One of the Clinton advisors is a women named Flowers. It turns out that she is a state representative, Vivian rather than Jennifer.

Indiana 11 for Trump. Indiana uses State Form 40655 / (R5/8-12) / IEC-20. R5/8-12 may be Revision 5, August 2012. The certificate was signed on December 2, but not published by the Archivist until December 15. The governor may have been busy with other matters. Indiana only had three on-ballot candidates. The 15 write-in candidates did not have to name 11 electors, though some did, and some named none. All eleven elector candidates for Koltikoff were from Michigan. Cherunda Fox who named 11 elector candidates received one popular vote.

Massachusetts 11 for Clinton. This is written with a script font. The candidates are listed as "Clinton and Kaine", "Trump and Pence", "Johnson and Weld", "Stein and Baraka". I suspect someone asked, "isn't that a bit informal?" The clerks preparing the certificate must have misunderstood, and thought, "hmm ... this is the font I used for my wedding invitations"

Michigan 16 for Trump. Addresses are given for the 16 electors. The certified margin is 10,704 votes. The Johnson (Libertarian) vote is 16.081 times as large; the Stein (Green) vote is 4.825 times as large; the Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) is 1.508 times as large; the McMullin (write-in) is 0.764 times as large. 5 of the 6 write-in candidates received more votes than they had electors. Cherunda Fox only got 10 votes for the 16 electors.

6 December (Trump 167, Clinton 53)

Illinois 20 for Clinton. The certificate begins with

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING;

One elector is John R Daley, who may be the grandson of Richard J Daley (the mayor), and nephew of Richard M Daley (former mayor of Chicago), and nephew of William M Daley (Obama's Chief of Staff and Bill Clinton's Secretary of Commerce). There does not appear to be an obvious (to me) large number of Polish surnames.

7 December (Trump 185, Clinton 83)

New Jersey 14 for Clinton. Chris Christie's father, Wilbur J. Christie (83 YO) was an elector for Trump.

Ohio 18 for Trump. The results are in numerical order highest to least. At the end of the second page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and (SOS) Husted. The third page continues with additional candidates, and at the bottom of the fourth page is a seal and the signatures of Kasich and Husted.

Rhode Island 4 for Clinton. In the past, the Rhode Island Certificate of Ascertainment has included the state canvass for all offices in Rhode Island. This year, they only include the presidential results, and invite those interested in more details to their web site. A Clinton elector is Herbert Claiborne Pell. If this is Herbert Claiborne Pell IV he is the husband of Michelle Kwan.

Washington 12 for Clinton. Electors are linked from a spreadsheet, and includes their mailing addresses. Some curiosities: The Republicans alphabetized their electors. All 12 Green electors are from Seattle. Only one Constitution elector is from west of the Cascades (Marysviile). Four pairs of Socialist Workers electors share an address, are apparently male and female, but do not have a surname in common.

Continued in Part II

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PART II

8 December (Trump 197, Clinton 115)

Arizona 11 for Trump. Gabrielle Giffords and Peterson Zah were Democratic electors.

The Republican electors show:

Lynch, Jane Pierpoint
Morgan, J. Foster

The tint on the Arizona certificate is a relief map of the state on a desert brown. It may be the only certificate with an explicit reference to Mex(ico).

Maine 3 for Clinton, 1 for Trump. The certificate lists the separate vote totals for the congressional districts:

ME-1 Clinton 54.0%, Trump 39.2%, Johnson 4.7%, Stein 1.9%; ME-2 Trump 51.3%, Clinton 41.0%, Johnson 5.5%, Stein 1.9%; for a 12.6% swing between two. There were also 184 votes from Military and Overseas not associated with a congressional district: Clinton 79.1%, Trump 17.6%, Johnson 1.6%, Stein 1.6%.

New York 29 for Clinton. Celebrity Apprentices Electors include Bill Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Kathy Hochul, Bill de Blasio, and Christine Quinn. Donald J. Trump, Jr. was an elector nominee for his father. The certificate for New York is one page, with the canvass by the State Board of Elections on plain paper as an attachment. it lists the vote totals under New York's con-fusion law.

9 December (Trump 197, Clinton 124)

Colorado 9 for Clinton. Pete Coors was a Republican elector. In addition to the 22 on-ballot candidates, there were 6 write-in candidates, only one of which who received 9 popular votes. Write-in candidates were associated with the "Green/Democratic", "Unaffiliated/Libertarian", "Unaffiliated/Republican", and "Republican" party.

12 December (Trump 242, Clinton 179)

Alabama 9 for Trump. The state canvass was completed on November 29, but the certificate of ascertainment was not completed until 12 December. It was prepared with a blank for the day, but not the month. How long did it sit in Bentley's in basket?

California 55 for Clinton. The Trump popular votes were credited to both the Republican and American Independent party slates. Under the full faith and credit clause of the US Constitution, these 4.4 million popular votes must be credited to Trump twice. Trump wins the popular vote.

Iowa 6 for Trump. The certificate only lists the party and not the presidential candidates, so it is not obvious that McMullin outpolled Stein in Iowa.

Pennsylvania 20 for Trump. Oddly, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a State seal. Kentucky has a commonwealth seal, and that from Massachusetts reads "Sigillum Reipublicæ Massachusettensis" which translates as "Harvard Grads are Pretentious". Pennsylvania is one of few certificates that inform the electors of the meeting on the 19th. Arkansas is the other.

Wisconsin 10 for Trump. Wisconsin appears to use an actual wax seal.

13 December (Trump 242, Clinton 192)

District of Columbia 3 for Clinton. The District numbers their electoral colleges, this being the 14th College of Electors. None of the seven states holding their 58th College of Electors made note of that fact.

Minnesota 10 for Clinton. Minnesota has some of the most stringent and complicated faithless elector laws of any state. They require parties to name a slate of 10 elector candidates and 10 alternate elector candidates. They are also required to pledge to support the presidential and vice presidential candidate of their party. When they meet, they are required to sign their ballot. If they fail to fulfill their pledge, their vote will not be accepted, and they will deemed to have resigned. In the certificate of ascertainment, Governor Dayton asserts:

"I will certify that the electors will serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector will fill the vacancy."

Minnesota had nine on-ballot candidates and 44 write-in candidates, 16 of whom received no popular votes, 16 others who had less than than 10 popular votes. Among those who received the most were candidates who included Amy Klobuchar, Jesse Ventura, and Condoleeza Rice, as their vice-presidential running mates. The elector candidate for the Jeffrey Ryan Wharton Sr.-Klobuchar ticket was Al Fraken.

Jill Stein's running mate in Minnesota was Howie Hawkins. Ajamu Baraka was a vice-presidential candidate for a write-in candidate who received zero votes.

14 December (Trump 267, Clinton 192)

Missouri 10 for Trump. While most governors are content with an introduction followed by a tally of all electoral votes, Jeremiah Nixon repeated it for each candidate of 12 candidates. "BE IT FURTHER KNOWN, that I, JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON, Governor of the State of Missouri, do hereby certify ..." Either that or Secretary of State Kander knows that Nixon hates being called Jeremiah.

North Carolina 15 for Trump. The North Carolina certificate uses a letterhead with a seal, and apparently did not require the SOS to witness the governor's signing.

15 December (Trump 281, Clinton 192)

TRUMP WINS                              DONALD J. TRUMP ELECTED 45TH PRESIDENT         MIKE PENCE VICE PRESIDENT
Mississippi 6 for Trump. The Constitution Party outpolled the Green Party, and the Prohibition Party was on the ballot.

Nebraska 5 for Trump. The two-way results for three congressional districts were, from west to east: NE-3 Trump 79%:Clinton 21%; NE-1 Trump 61%:Clinton 39%; Trump 51%:Clinton 49%. NE-3 is thus the most Republican electoral unit in the country. Wyoming was 76%:24% for Trump. Nebraska includes the same caveat as Minnesota, that vacancies might occur up to the end of the meeting of the electoral college.

South Dakota 3 for Trump. South Dakota elected Governor Dennis Daugaard, Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels, and Attorney General Marty Jackley. South Dakota joins New York and Vermont as states where the governor certified his own election.

16 December (Trump 286, Clinton 192)

West Virginia 5 for Trump. West Virginia had 34 write-in candidates, including 17 who received zero votes. The 188,794 popular votes for Hillary "We're Going To Put Coal Miners Out of Business (Chopping Motion) Right, Tim (smirk)" Clinton is the fewest for a Democratic candidate in West Virginia since 1916 - and that was before the 19th Amendment. If we assume that a majority of the Clinton voters were female, then we have to go back to the 1892 election to find an election with fewer male Democratic voters.

19 December (Trump 297, Clinton 203)

Maryland 10 for Clinton. Michael Steele, former RNC Chair, was a Republican elector who announced before the general election that he would not vote for Trump or Clinton.

Tennessee 11 for Trump. The electors for each candidate are presented in alphabetical order.

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All except 3 (lazy) states have now submitted their certificates.

The 3 (lazy) states are: KS, NV, NH