--- ---  # Watch Live: Electors Cast Their Ballots in Electoral College Vote by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 19, 2016 5:03 PM UTC  Donald Trump protestors demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania Capitol Building before electors arrive to cast their votes for the election in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 19, 2016. Donald Trump protestors demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania Capitol Building before electors arrive to cast their votes for the election in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 19, 2016.Mark Makela—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Dec 19, 2016 5:03 PM UTC Electors across the country are [traveling to state capitols to cast ballots](http://time.com/4606291/electoral-college-vote-2016/) to determine who will become the next president of the United States. There will be few surprises—the results of the 2016 election all but guarantee that [President-elect Donald Trump ](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/)will be inaugurated on Jan. 20. Despite the results of the election, those who are not confident in the president-elect due to his business conflicts of interest and Russia’s influence on the election have called on the electors to reconsider voting for Trump. The [Associated Press](http://www.wtae.com/article/how-pennsylvania-electoral-college-works/8512090) reports some 200 protesters met electors as they cast their ballots in Harrisburg, Pa. States including Michigan are also expecting protests on Monday. The likelihood that Donald Trump will not be elected on Monday is very low—that would require 37 electors to change their votes to another candidate. Watch live above starting at 12 p.m. ET as electors cast their votes. Electoral College Vote: Watch Electors Cast Their Ballots ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4606624/watch-live-electoral-college-vote/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4606624/watch-live-electoral-college-vote/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Electors Cast Their Ballots in Electoral College Vote","datePublished":"2016-12-19T17:03:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:23:11.252Z","description":"Electors across the country are casting ballots on Monday","url":"https://time.com/4606624/watch-live-electoral-college-vote/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","electoral college","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbce650eae9a93b32/6988b36d8fd2ee2a1d355381/electoral-college-vote.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbce650eae9a93b32/6988b36d8fd2ee2a1d355381/electoral-college-vote.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Electoral College Voters Cast Ballots Amid Protests","caption":"Electoral College Voters Cast Ballots Amid Protests","creditText":"Mark Makela—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4606624/watch-live-electoral-college-vote/","name":"Watch Live: Electors Cast Their Ballots in Electoral College Vote"}}]}] ```