Members of the Electoral College from Pennsylvania say they are receiving thousands of phone calls and emails from around the world ahead of Monday's vote in Harrisburg, according to a report from Philly.com.

One elector told the website that each elector has been assigned a plain clothes state police trooper for protection.

"Such has been the life of Pennsylvania's 20 electors for President-elect Donald Trump since the Nov. 8 election," according to the report.

The state's electors will convene inside the state House chamber at the Capitol at 12 p.m. to cast their votes.

That vote was generally a formality, even in years like 2000 when the winner of the nationwide popular vote lost the Electoral College. This year, however, electors in states that went for Trump have been inundated with messages imploring them to vote for someone else.

In Harrisburg, a loose coalition of political groups from around the state will gather on the Capitol steps overnight Sunday and through the day on Monday to "sound the alarm" every hour. That event is part of a larger effort to station protesters at state capitols around the country.