Nebraska will continue to split electoral votes in presidential elections

'Blue Dot' survives in Nebraska

Nebraska's distinct election system that has allowed Democratic presidential candidates to pick up a single electoral vote in the state three times survived its closest call in a decade Tuesday as a proposal seeking to eliminate the system fell victim…

Nebraska sticks with split electoral vote system as 'winner-take-all' bill fails

Nebraska's LB 3, a bill to switch the state's Electoral College system to a "winner-take-all format," failed to pass. Supporters couldn't overcome a four-hour filibuster and meet the 33-vote threshold. Critics argued that the bill would undermine Nebraska's unique representation in national elections and lock electoral votes in favor of one political party. Despite the setback, Gov. Jim Pillen expressed disappointment over the bill's failure and…

Nebraska will continue with Maine to split electoral votes in presidential elections

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with their own party. The bill’s failure preserves the Omaha area’s “blue dot” congressional district that has seen its electoral vote — one of Nebraska’s five — go to Democratic candidates in three of the past five presidential elections. Republican Se…

Nebraska will continue to split electoral votes in presidential elections

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with their own party. The bill’s failure preserves the Omaha area’s “blue dot” congressional district that has seen its electoral vote — one of Nebraska’s five — go to Democratic candidates in three of the past five presidential elections. Republican Se…

Electoral College winner-take-all bill dies in Nebraska Legislature

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraska will keep splitting its Electoral College votes — at least for now. On Tuesday, state senators filibustered Legislative Bill 3, which would have switched the state to a winner-take-all system. The Legislature voted 31-18 to end debate on the bill and move it forward, but it needed 33. In Nebraska and Maine, the winner of...

Nebraska lawmakers shut down winner-take-all bill, ‘blue dot’ survives

The bill to take Nebraska back to a winner-take-all system is effectively dead after lawmakers failed to overcome a filibuster Tuesday.