How a GOP-Led Effort to Change Nebraska’s Electoral College Voting Failed

With a close election anticipated, Nebraska lawmakers rejected a plan to revert to winner-take-all electoral voting, just weeks from Nov. 5.

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The palpable anxiety about the closeness of the U.S. presidential election materialized in an unexpected location this year: Lincoln, Nebraska.

After months of action inside the Nebraska Capitol and a surge of last-minute politicking from national Republican Party figures, on Sept. 24, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced he will not call a special session to restore winner-take-all Electoral College voting in the Cornhusker State.