vote for john kasich. kasich encouraged all 18 to cast their vote for the governor's former rival from the gop primary. >> it's an important responsibility. and as we cast our vote today for the president-elect, donald trump, then sometime in january we will have an inauguration and we will have a new president. >> reporter: bill clinton, no stranger to the electoral college, cast a vote for his wife as an electior from new york. democratic electors in colorado, another state mrs. clinton won, employed litigation tactics to the end to become unbound from voting for her as state law requires. it was part of a convoluted plan to lure pro-trump electiors int defecting. all nine of the votes went for the democratic nominee, even after one voted against mrs. clinton, only to be replaced by another who voted for her. >> this has been a vast exploration in sour grapes. the democrats lost this election