Nebraska lawmakers begin debate on winner-take-all systemBy GRANT SCHULTE
Nebraska's unique electoral vote system was the topic of debate this year, as Republican lawmakers tried to change it to a winner-take-all approach that would have benefited former President Donald Trump and risked an electoral college tie. Trump won statewide...
Washington— Nebraska's Republican Gov. Jim Pillen said Tuesday he would not call a special session to changehow the state awards Electoral College votesbefore the November election. It's a setback for former President Donald Trump, who was all but certain to benefit under a...
That system has confounded Nebraska Republicans, who have been unable to force the state into a winner-take-all system since Barack Obama became the first presidential contender to shave off one of Nebraska’s five electoral votes in 2008. It happened again in 2020, when President Joe Biden ...
As for possible national implications,I notedwhen the case was argued that, like Maine, Nebraska doesn’t use a winner-take-all system for itsElectoral College votes: Rather, the winner of the popular vote gets two [electors] and then the other three are split among...
The implications of the court’s impending ruling could be national: While Nebraska has historically voted Republican, like Maine it doesn’t use a winner-take-all system for its five Electoral College votes. Rather, the winner of the popular vote gets two and then...
Nebraska is one of nine states that Republican candidates have carried in every presidential election since 1964, but it hasn’t had a winner-take-all rule since 1991. And most times since 1991, Republican candidates still have captured all of the state’s votes. ...
a winner-take-all election in Nebraska, but five people attending the meeting told the Examiner that he was now looking for a way to get to "yes." Republicans whipping votes for a winner-take-all system believe that McDonnell's support would open the floodgates for other wavering legisl...
Bacon and the four other members of the state’s federal delegation, all Republicans, renewed their call this week to support changing the Nebraska law, writing in a letter: “It is past time that Nebraska join 48 other states in embracing winner-take-all in pres...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said Tuesday that he has “no plans to call a special session” to change the way the state allocates electoral votes to a winner-take-all system, ending an effort led by Donald Trump. The announcement comes after Republican state Sen. Mike McDonnellsaid he would...