Nebraska Republicans mobilized to change how their state awards electoral votes on Wednesday, with key legislators in Lincoln endorsing the plan and Democrats scrambling to stop it.
As the end of the legislative session approached, Republicans were looking for a way to pass LB764, which would assign all five Nebraska electors to the winner of the statewide vote. Republican Sen. Julie Slama said on Wednesday that she’d add “winner-take-all” to a bill already headed to the floor, before Friday’s deadline for moving it. Democrats said that they still had the votes, and time, to block that.
“The amount of chaos that Trump and his online cronies have created in the last few days of the legislative session where serious bills are being debated is a perfect snapshot of his bullying leadership,” Nebraska Democratic Party chair Jane Kleeb told Semafor. “The bill to remove a fair electoral vote process didn’t have the votes two months ago, two days ago or today. Nebraskans like our unique unicameral, public power and split electoral vote system.”
As a citizen of Nebraska, this is bullshit. This rule was one of a handful of things I liked about living here. While yes the state is blue eyed red fish, and this rarely changes how our votes swing, the fact that the state would listen to the actual people in our voting districts if we chose a non republican candidate was nice. Felt like we actually had a say, like my vote actually mattered. If they repeal this I’ll still vote, just with an even more upset sigh everytime.
As a Kansasn, I have been jealous of Nebraska splitting their votes since Kansas has given all out votes to Republicans from well before I was ever born so my vote has never felt like it mattered.
Hope you don’t end up losing that, because I have almost given up.
Your House didn’t even allow it to the floor for a vote. Killed it 36 votes to 8.
I didn’t read that, thanks for the update, definitely good news for my morning!