Michael Baca, an elector from Colorado, speaks after arguments in a lawsuit were heard on Monday outside the federal courthouse in downtown Denver. | AP Photo Almost 1 in 4 Electoral College Dems demanding intel briefing

Nearly one in four Democrats on the Electoral College are now demanding an intelligence briefing on foreign interference in the presidential election — a call backed Monday by top advisers to Hillary Clinton.

By late Tuesday, 54 of the 232 Democratic presidential electors were calling on national intelligence director James Clapper to authorize a briefing ahead of the Electoral College's meeting on Dec. 19 to elect the next president. One Republican — Texas' Chris Suprun — has joined their call.


Throughout the day Tuesday, organizers of the letter added 45 additional names. The effort launched a day earlier with just 10 signers, including California elector Christine Pelosi, the daughter of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. Among the latest additions was Hazel Ingram, a 93-year-old granddaughter of slaves, one of New York's 29 electors.

Despite the additions, the letter lacks support from the most prominent Democratic electors in the country — former President Bill Clinton, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Their offices declined requests for comment Tuesday.

The updated list includes 17 electors form California, six from New York, five from Massachusetts and all four New Hampshire electors. The remaining electors are scattered among Colorado, Maryland, Rhode Island, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, Virginia and Vermont.

In the letter, the electors argue that they're obligated to investigate and vet "[a]llegations that Donald Trump was receiving assistance from a hostile foreign power to win the election."

The 538 members of the Electoral College — 306 Republicans and 232 Democrats — are slated to meet Monday in their respective state capitals to cast the official vote for president.

The updated list of members who signed the briefing letter:

Christine Pelosi (CA)

Micheal Baca (CO)

Anita Bonds (DC)

Courtney Watson (MD)

Dudley Dudley (NH)

Bev Hollingworth (NH)

Terie Norelli (NH)

Carol Shea-Porter (NH)

Clay Pell (RI)

Chris Suprun (TX)

Sandra Aduna (CA)

Edward Buck (CA)

Donna Ireland (CA)

Vinz Koller (CA)

Katherine Lyon (CA)

John P. MacMurray (CA)

Stephen J. Natoli (CA)

Andres Ramos (CA)

Shawn Terris (CA)

Gail Teton-Landis (CA)

Olivia Reyes-Becerra (CA)

David Scott Warmuth (CA)

Shirley Weber (CA)

Denise Wells (CA)

Gregory H. Willenborg (CA)

Laurence Zakson (CA)

Jerad Sutton (CO)

Robert Nemenich (CO)

William Marovitz (IL)

Nancy Shepherdson (IL)

Nazda Alam (MA)

Dori Dean (MA)

Jason Palitsch (MA)

Parwez Wahid (MA)

Paul G. Yorkis (MA)

Lillian Holmes (MD)

Lesley Israel (MD)

Robert Leonard (MD)

Salome T. Peters (MD)

Noyola Archibeque (NM)

Melissa Mark-Viverito (NY)

Stuart Appelbaum (NY)

Hazel Ingram (NY)

Stephanie Miner (NY)

Melissa Sklarz (NY)

Andrea Stewart-Cousins (NY)

Timothy Norman Powers Rowan (OR)

Brad Martin (OR)

Sam H.W. Sappington (OR)

Beth Caldwell (WA)

Bret Chiafalo (WA)

Deb Fitzgerald (VA)

Terry C. Frye (VA)

Jeanette Sarver (VA)

Martha Allen (VT)

