Nebraska, Trump
Nebraska Republicans are considering a last-minute change to the state's election laws to help Trump
Under state law now, whichever presidential candidate gets more votes in a congressional district wins an elector
Proposed Rule Change Could Hand Nebraska to Donald Trump
Nebraska's split-vote electoral system, which the Democrat-leaning Maine also uses, came into effect in 1991, with the state facing multiple attempts to repeal it since. The current proposal was introduced in 2023 by Senator Loren Lippincott.
Nebraska switch to winner-take-all electoral votes unlikely before election, despite pressure
Nebraska appears unlikely to adopt a winner-take-all model of awarding Electoral College votes, despite renewed pressure from prominent Republicans, according to a key state senator.
How does Nebraska split electoral votes in presidential elections?
Nebraska is one of two states in the country to split electoral votes. So how does it work? The winner of the popular vote in Nebraska gets two electoral votes, and each winner of the state's three congressional districts gets one electoral vote. Nebraska enacted the rule starting with the 1992 election.
How Nebraska Republicans could tip the election to Trump
Nebraska Republicans are scrambling to make the state winner-take-all for the 2024 presidential election, to hand a potentially key Electoral College vote to Trump.
Republicans step up effort to change Nebraska's electoral vote process to benefit Trump
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.
Will Republicans pull off an electoral vote heist in Nebraska?
Republican officials in Nebraska are eyeing what is effectively an electoral-vote heist in the campaign’s final weeks. The consequences could be dramatic.
Trump Electoral-Vote Heist Underway in Nebraska
Too late for Maine Democrats to retaliate, Nebraska Republicans may implement a winner-take-all system, swiping an electoral vote from Harris.
'Bad faith' move by GOP Nebraska gov could help Trump win
In most states in the U.S., the Electoral College is a winner-take-all system. Conservative rural turnout in Texas overrides all the Democratic votes in major urban centers like Houston, Austin and El Paso;
Nebraska senators told state's election security is the 'gold standard'
In spite of assurances that Nebraska offers the "gold standard" in election security, state lawmakers spent more than three ...
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Trump’s Allies Try to Revive Push to Make Nebraska Winner-Take-All Electorally
“It is past time that Nebraska join 48 other states in embracing winner-take-all in presidential elections,” the group ...
Maine Democrats have likely run out of time to change Electoral College laws if Nebraska GOP acts
As the Trump campaign pressures Nebraska Republicans for a change that would net him an electoral vote, state law in Maine ...
GOP lawmakers from Nebraska urge state to flip to winner-take-all electoral system
Republican members of Congress from Nebraska in a Wednesday letter called on their state to apportion all of its five ...
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Nebraska lawmakers face renewed pressure to back winner-take-all election system
Nebraska lawmakers are facing last-minute pressure to replace the state's unique presidential electoral system with a ...
Ricketts’ Riches: Wealthy governor, billionaire family changed Nebraska elections
Nebraska Future Action Fund was bankrolled almost entirely by then-Gov. Pete Ricketts, a fellow Republican. As a state senator, seven years before, Williams had voted to abolish the death penalty and ...