Texas GOP elector resigns rather than vote for Donald Trump

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AUSTIN – A Republican member of the Electoral College from Texas has resigned his position after writing last weekend that he could not vote for President-elect Donald Trump.

Art Sisneros of Dayton, who explained his decision in a blog post, acknowledged that Trump will be president in January, but said casting his vote for the New York businessman “would bring dishonor to God.” Resigning would allow the remaining electors to fill his vacancy with someone who will vote for the president-elect during Texas electors’ Dec. 19 meeting, Sisneros added.

“I do not see how Donald Trump is biblically qualified to serve in the office of the Presidency,” he wrote. “Of the hundreds of angry messages that I have received, not one has made a convincing case from scripture otherwise. If Trump is not qualified and my role, both morally and historically, as an elected official is to vote my conscience, then I cannot and will not vote for Donald Trump for President.”

The Republican Party of Texas did not immediately respond to a request for comment.