Nebraska, Electoral Votes
A Republican senator blocks GOP bid to lock down all of Nebraska's electoral votes
A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska's electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appears doomed because one state lawmaker won't give backers his crucial support.
Nebraska Electoral Voting Change That Could Sway The Presidential Race Hits Hurdle: The Rule, Explained
Nebraska Republicans don't appear to have the votes needed to change the law that could help Trump win the election.
Pivotal Nebraska state senator deals Trump serious setback, saying he won’t support change to state election law
A pressure campaign from Donald Trump and Republican allies to change Nebraska election law was dealt a significant setback on Monday as a pivotal Omaha state senator said he would not support a last-ditch effort to overturn a 30-year law that awards electoral votes by congressional district rather than statewide winner-take-all.
Nebraska pushed to unite electoral votes
Nebraska and Maine are the only states that split their electoral votes by congressional district, and both have done so in recent presidential elections. In Nebraska, which is solidly Republican, that means one of the state's five votes is competitive for Democrats.
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 would block Democrats from making a counter-move.
GOP effort to change Nebraska’s electoral system for Trump fails
A last-minute Republican effort to award Nebraska’s five Electoral College votes on a winner-take-all basis — a change that would help Donald Trump’s odds of winning the White House — appeared doomed today,
Trump presses to change Nebraska election law, in fight for a sole electoral vote
Donald Trump believes he will win four electoral votes from Nebraska, but it’s the fifth one that he is increasingly fretting about – leading the former president and his Republican allies to mount a last-ditch effort to try and change state election law only weeks before ballots are cast.
A State Senator Has Thwarted a GOP Effort to Lock Down All of Nebraska's Electoral Votes for Trump
A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appears doomed because one state lawmaker won't give backers his crucial support
‘To my friends in Nebraska, that 1 electoral vote could be the difference’
Nebraska and Maine are the only states that don’t award all their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the state’s popular vote. Nebraska awards one electora
Key Nebraska Republican opposes changing how the state awards electoral votes, blocking Trump push
A Nebraska Republican state lawmaker said Monday that he remains opposed to switching how the state allocates its electoral votes — a blow to former President Donald Trump and his allies, who are seeking the change in a bid for an extra electoral vote this fall.
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Why Maine and Nebraska are feuding over the electoral college
For months, Nebraska and Maine have engaged in a standoff over possible changes to their electoral college votes, but a ...
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The GOP’s Nebraska plan to beat Kamala Harris just hit a wall
Nebraska is one of only two states to split its Electoral College votes. It's a system that Republicans were hoping to exploit.
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Harris May Be Screwed If Nebraska Changes Its Electoral College Rules
Maine Democrats were supposed to come to her rescue. But a top state official says they likely missed their window.
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You’re Not In Nebraska Anymore
That second bite at the apple looked particularly ominous since it appears that Maine may have lost its opportunity to make the same change and thus neutralize the effort in Nebraska. As we noted ...
Opinion | The GOP's Nebraska plan to beat Kamala Harris just hit a wall
Donald Trump wants Nebraska to change how it distributes Electoral College votes, aiming to keep Kamala Harris from winning ...
Nebraska Change That Could Hand Donald Trump Win Is '50/50'—Lindsey Graham
The senator said moving Nebraska to a winner-takes-all system "could be the difference" between Kamala Harris being president ...
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Nebraska, Maine and New Annals of WT Actual F
Now, we don’t know whether Nebraska Republicans will be able to come up with the votes. We’ll come back to that. But if you remember when this came up earlier in the year, Maine (the other state ...
A Last-Minute Effort to Mess With the 2024 Vote Is Underway. It’s Scarier Than Expected.
But changes at the last minute present challenges for voters and for election administrators, not to mention campaigns that ...