Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is calling on Nebraska Republicans to put pressure on state lawmakers to adopt a “winner-take-all” system of awarding Electoral College votes. More than 500 people turned out Tuesday night for a rally sponsored by the Nebraska Republican Party.
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk takes the stage before a rally held by the Nebraska Republican Party calling on Nebraska to switch to a winner-take-all method of awarding Electoral College votes ahead of this year’s hotly contested presidential election, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Omaha , Neb. Nebraska has five presidential electoral votes, but allows the votes tied to its three congressional districts to be split based on the popular vote within each district.
Michael Tiedeman, the 38-year-old newly elected chairman of the Sarpy County GOP, said the same momentum that saw Trump loyalistsMonths ahead of the presidential election, Nebraska’s GOP governor wants a winner-take-all systemNebraska lawmaker announces Democratic bid for Congress, says Republicans bend to ‘vocal minority’
“It was probably well-intended, but this whole thing is just the goofiest thing I’ve ever seen,” Kirk said of Nebraska’s split system.in a rematch of the 2020 race.
Republicans, who have long dominated Nebraska politics, have sought unsuccessfully to return the state to winner-take-all since it was adopted more than 30 years ago in 1991. The sticking point this year has been a focus on property tax reduction, school funding and a number of wedge issues.
While it’s certainly within Pillen’s purview to do so, it’s not clear there are enough votes for a winner-take-all bill to pass in the unique one-chamber Nebraska Legislature made up of 49 lawmakers.
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