LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Friday, Dec. 16, a group of concerned citizens will hold a candlelight vigil that organizers said will be dedicated to uniting citizens in support of a national movement of electors voting their conscience.

The vigil will take place on the steps of the Lake County Courthouse in downtown Lakeport, beginning at 6 p.m.

Saro Deacon, one of the event's organizers, said the vigil will be in support of electors in the Electoral College voting for a Republican “compromise candidate” rather than Donald Trump.

She said the primary goal of the vigil is to bring citizens of all political persuasions together to put party aside and put the good of America first. Participants will wear purple and hold lighted candles as a symbol of unity and wisdom. This will be a peaceful and respectful gathering.

Christopher Suprun, a Republican elector from Texas, and Polly Baca, an elector from Colorado, have spoken out to say that electors need to choose an alternative candidate.

Many of the presidential electors who have stepped forward in opposition to Trump refer to Alexander Hamilton’s words in Federalist 68: “The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”

The vigil is in anticipation of a larger, nationwide vigil to be held in every state capitol around the nation on the evening of Dec. 19, when electors will cast their votes to decide who will be the next president.