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'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...
Send emails to your Nebraska legislators asking them to pass the National Popular Vote bill Send a letter-to-editor to Nebraska newspapers National Popular Vote’s Facebook page National Popular Vote’s Twitter page On February 12, 2014, the Government,
While most states allocate electoral votes in an all or none manner to the popular vote winner, Maine and Nebraska take a different approach.
Republicans tried for nine years after first splitting the state’s electoral votes to revert to a winner-take-all system, but those proposals failed year after year. The effort was resurrected after Biden won the Omaha vote in 2020, but it has gained little traction. A bill introduced this...
Only Nebraska and Maine divide their state electoral votes on a district-by-district basis rather than winner take all. For those who remember the proportional allocation of the Democratic delegate race during the nomination battle, Nebraska is significant because a wider statewide loss can be mitiga...
GOP Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha said in a statement that he opposes awarding Nebraska’s five electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, like 48 other states do. Nebraska and Maine give two electoral votes to the candidate who wins statewide and one vote to the winner in each congression...
“At this time, I have not yet received the concrete and public indication that 33 senators would vote for WTA,” Pillen said in a statement last week, referring to winner-take-all legislation. “If that changes, I will enthusiastically call a special session.” ...
“Even though I would be opposed to changing, going back to winner-take-all, I’d let the people of Nebraska vote. But you’re talking about 42 days before an election. No, that is not fair,” he said. McDonnell, who declined to say whether he had spoken with Trump, noted the 2nd...