An effort to change Nebraska’s method of awarding its Electoral College votes to a winner-take-all system was soundly rejected by state lawmakers on April 3.
The push, backed by former President Donald Trump, was scuttled by the state’s unicameral Legislature in an 8–36 procedural vote, which would have attached the associated amendment to an unrelated bill. While Republicans could try to advance the measure again, they have little time to do so in the current legislative session, which ends on April 18.
Nebraska is one of just two states—Maine being the second—that allocates its electoral votes according to the congressional district method. Of the state’s five total votes, one each goes to the winners of the three congressional districts, and the statewide winner collects the remaining two….
