Why did one Gore elector abstain from voting?

[ButterflyBlood]

I heard that one in DC did.

[goobergunch]

1. It was a protest...

over D.C.'s lack of congressional representation.

[w4rma]

4. Barbara Lett-Simmons (Democrat, District of Columbia)

In the most recent act of Elector abstention, Barbara Lett-Simmons, a Democratic Elector from the District of Columbia, did not cast her vote for Al Gore as expected.

Her abstention was meant to protest the lack of Congressional representation for Washington, DC.

Lett-Simmons was the first Elector to abstain from voting since 1832.

Her abstention did not affect the outcome of the election.
http://www.fairvote.org/e_college/faithless.htm#2000

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Simmons assured the Post and Newsday that she will not withhold her vote if she thinks Gore needs it. "I would never do anything that would cause George Bush to have the presidency," she told Chatterbox. She explained that she's following developments closely and expects that by Dec. 18, when the electors meet in the various state capitals, it will be "pretty clear" whether a gesture for D.C. statehood might risk throwing the election to Bush.
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http://slate.msn.com/id/1006533/

[mjb4]

2. protesting the elections of 2000

she felt it was all she could do..so atleast she made the history books and will always be known as the one that protested the election..

[TacticalPeek]

3. 15 Warhol minutes?. . . . . . . . . . . . . time's up.

n/t

[Adjoran]

5. It seems to me

that the people in DC who voted for Gore were entitled to have that vote cast.

I hope future candidates are smart enough not to put this lady on their slate of electors.