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Sen. Julie Slama testifies Wednesday (Photo by Fred Knapp, NET News)
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February 17, 2021 - 5:47pm
Returning to a winner-take-all system for Nebraska’s Electoral College votes, and requiring a photo ID to vote, were among proposals that got a public hearing Wednesday.
Sen. Julie Slama introduced the proposal to return Nebraska to the winner-take-all Electoral College system. Currently, the winner of the statewide vote gets two electoral votes, and the other three are awarded to whichever candidate wins each congressional district. Slama said the Electoral College is intended to give states, not parts of states, the ability to determine votes.
LINCOLN, Neb. – The ACLU of Nebraska is urging state senators to respect Nebraskans’ right to vote by rejecting LR3CA, which would require a photo ID to vote, and also rejecting LB76, a bill that proposes changing Nebraska’s Electoral College allocation to a winner-take-all system. By contrast, the organization welcomes the introduction of LB11, which improves the early voting process, and LR10CA, [.]
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The state law that allowed President-elect Joe Biden to win one of Nebraska’s 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 hasn’t 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.
Nebraska splits electoral votes for 2nd time in history
By GRANT SCHULTEDecember 14, 2020 GMT
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska officially split its Electoral College votes for the 2nd time in history on Monday, awarding one of its five votes to President-elect Joe Biden and the remaining four to President Donald Trump.
Biden won the popular vote in the Omaha area’s 2nd Congressional District, a feat last achieved by Barack Obama during his first presidential run in 2008.
The vote in a half-full state Capitol hearing room drew cheers from audience members when elector Precious McKesson, a Democratic Party activist, cast her votes for Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The vote went largely as planned, with no one contesting the state’s results.