By The Canadian Press

Anti-Trump activists set sights on recruiting Americans living abroad

Oct 5, 2016 | 4:35 PM

VANCOUVER — An activist group’s campaign to deny Donald Trump the American presidency is spilling across the border as it ramps up efforts to recruit U.S. citizens living abroad.

More than a dozen people gathered in front of Trump Tower in Vancouver today to wave anti-Trump placards in a bid to convince American expatriates to register to vote and to defeat the Republican presidential candidate.

A man wearing a papier mache mask of Trump danced to 60s music on the bed of a pickup truck, prompting honks from passing vehicles.

The event was organized by Avaaz, a U.S.-based global activist group, which has launched a campaign to urge Americans living abroad to cast a ballot in this fall’s presidential election.

Avaaz spokesman Joseph Huff-Hannon says the event is part of a larger campaign targeting key cities that have high concentrations of residents from the U.S.

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The U.S. government estimates there are 5.6-million citizens living outside the country, and 2.6 million of them are eligible to vote.

Of those, it says there are about 661,000 eligible American voters in Canada.

The Canadian Press