LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The state law that allowed President-elect Joe Biden to win one of Nebraskas Electoral College votes could once again be in jeopardy under a new bill introduced in the Legislature. The measure would reinstate the winner-take-all system in Nebraska, awarding all five of its Electoral College votes to the statewide winner in presidential races.
Nebraska Republicans have tried for years to repeal the 1991 law that lets the state divide its votes. Nebraska is overwhelmingly Republican, and a Democratic presidential candidate hasnt won statewide since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
The current system enacted in 1991 awards two votes to the statewide presidential winner and three by congressional district.
