The Electoral College gathered at state houses across the county today to officially cast their ballots for President. It is an event that is typically a formality, but because this election year has been anything but typical, there was some drama surrounding the vote. Our Zack Fink reports from Albany where former President Bill Clinton was one of New York's 29 electors who cast their losing ballot for Hillary Clinton.

The State Senate chamber resembled a political wake.

Twenty-nine Democrats — many of them party VIPS — morosely lined up and cast their ballots for Hillary Rodham Clinton, even though it was a losing proposition.

The electors included Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, who is blaming Russian interference and the FBI's James Comey for his wife's loss.

"I have never cast a vote I am prouder of," the former President said. "You know, I watched her work for two years. I watched her battle through that bogus email deal. Only to be vindicated at the end when Secretary Powell came out. She fought through that. She fought through everything. And she prevailed through all of it. At the end we had the Russians and the FBI deal. She couldn't prevail against that."

Governor Andrew Cuomo ran the proceedings as Mayor Bill de Blasio looked on from what is normally the Republican side of the Senate chamber.

Cuomo, who once worked for Bill Clinton, was one of Hillary Clinton's earliest supporters.

"Secretary Clinton has been a great friend to this state and has done tremendous good for this nation and this state," Cuomo said.

Most electors said they were happy to fulfill their obligations, but devastated by Trump's national victory.

"The fact that we're voting for someone who's gotten three million more popular votes but will," said Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins. It be the President really is bitter sweet to say the least."

"For all of us electors, we were all supportive of Secretary Clinton," said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. "We are all disappointed. It wasn't the most jovial time. But it was a time for reflection. It was good to see President Clinton as well. I don't think people in there were very happy. I'm not very happy."

The electors say they will take the compensation they receive for their work and donate it to the New York Immigration Coalition. At $15 apiece, that amounts to $435.