Republicans in Nebraska are trying to change a critical part of the state’s electoral process, which could have significant effects on the presidential election. The change, a switch from a system that awards electoral votes by congressional districts to a more traditional winner-take-all system,
Former President Donald Trump spoke by phone Wednesday with at least one of the two dozen Republican state senators who attended Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s winner-take-all meeting at the Governor’s Mansion.
As the Trump campaign pressures Nebraska Republicans for a change that would net him an electoral vote, state law in Maine would block Democrats from making a counter-move.
Former President Donald Trump is renewing efforts to change Nebraska's electoral vote allocation system to snag one of the state's electoral votes.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said it's "very reasonable" for Nebraska to push for a change to its electoral vote system because the election could come down to a single electoral vote.
Nebraska could deliver a critical electoral vote to Vice President Kamala Harris under its hybrid system of splitting votes in an otherwise red state.
Nebraska Republicans have held the governor’s mansion and state legislature since 1999, and occasionally debated whether to return to winner-take-all. Earlier this year, before the regular legislative session ended, conservative activists led by Turning Point Action urged the party to act, and Trump himself endorsed the idea.
Republicans are stepping up their efforts to change Nebraska's electoral vote process to winner-take-all -- a move that would benefit former President Donald Trump in an expected close November election in which a single vote could make a key difference in the Electoral College.
Republican lawmakers in Nebraska didn’t have the votes needed to change the law that could help Trump win the election.
Too late for Maine Democrats to retaliate, Nebraska Republicans may implement a winner-take-all system, swiping an electoral vote from Harris.
The South Carolina senator wants the governor to call a special session to put forward a bill making Nebraska a winner-take-all state in the Electoral College.