Anti-Trump Protesters Gather at State House Before Electoral College Vote

Anti-Trump protesters gathered in front of the State House Monday and protested until the Electoral College began to meet.

Eleven Democratic electors will be casting their votes for presidential and vice-presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, true to the vote of the Massachusetts electorate.

Renaldo Pearson is a 28-year-old East Boston resident and member of Democracy Spring, an organization that has organized rallies across all 50 states today. He sang "We're Gonna Rise Up," while others waved signs about Trump moving to Russia and the popular #NeverTrump hashtag.

• RELATED: Meet the 11 Massachusetts electors here.
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Renaldo Pearson sings while Lenka Zbruz holds the megaphone (Image by Sarah Betancourt)

Pearson was there to represent what he calls "the silent vote." He told Patch that in states where President-elect Donald Trump won by tens of thousands, "voter suppression was in the hundreds of thousands." When asked about his main concerns about a Trump administration, Pearson exclaimed, "I'm African-American. He wants to initiate stop-and-frisk nationwide, which a court in New York has already called unconstitutional."

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Paula Rooney gave an impassioned speech about people not taking the election seriously. She told Patch, "They're talking about dismantling public education. Any vote by the electors tonight for Trump will be for fascism." Rooney has a 9-year-old daughter in the Massachusetts public school system.

Video by Sarah Betancourt

Cambridge City Councilors Nadeem Mazen and Jan Devereux attended the protest.

Charlene DiCalogero was a 2016 Green-Rainbow candidate for the 12th Worcester District. She thinks that the election has shown that democracy is lacking. She said, "It's just now that it's becoming obvious to everyone."

Charlene DiCalogero outside of the State House (Image by Sarah Betancourt)

The 11 electors are:

• Nazda Alam of Weston
• MaryGail Cokkinias of Longmeadow
• Cheryl Cummings of Brighton
• Dori Dean of Holyoke
• Curtis LeMay of Lowell
• Marc R. Pacheco of Taunton
• Parwez Wahid of Framingham
• Jason Palitsch of Shrewsbury
• Donna S. Smith of Stoughton
• Marie A. Turley of Jamaica Plain
• Paul G. Yorkis of Medway

Lenka Zbruz's pup, showing anti-Trump spirit