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Former president Donald Trump’s push to get the Nebraska legislature to change the way it awards electoral votes faced a major setback Wednesday night, when lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to prevent the change from being attached to an unrelated bill.
Nebraska is one of only two states that divide electoral votes among statewide and congressional district winners, which allowed Joe Bidento pick off an electoral vote in the red state in 2020 by carrying a swing district in the Omaha area. But Gov. Jim Pillen (R) and Trump on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to return the state to a winner-take-all system, possibly upending the final days of the state’s legislative session, which ends April 18.
The sponsor of the winner-take-all proposal has said he does not have the votes to overcome a filibuster [if it gets attached to some other future bill], but Trump’s intervention has raised speculation that Republicans could regroup.
“Ultimately, the Nebraska legislature does not legislate in response to tweets from anyone,” Cavanaugh [D] said earlier in the day.
Nebraska is one of only two states that divide electoral votes among statewide and congressional district winners, which allowed Joe Bidento pick off an electoral vote in the red state in 2020 by carrying a swing district in the Omaha area. But Gov. Jim Pillen (R) and Trump on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to return the state to a winner-take-all system, possibly upending the final days of the state’s legislative session, which ends April 18.
The sponsor of the winner-take-all proposal has said he does not have the votes to overcome a filibuster [if it gets attached to some other future bill], but Trump’s intervention has raised speculation that Republicans could regroup.
“Ultimately, the Nebraska legislature does not legislate in response to tweets from anyone,” Cavanaugh [D] said earlier in the day.
