An effort to change Nebraska’s electoral vote allocation system to a winner-take-all system was defeated Wednesday night in the state’s unicameral legislature.
of lincoln journal stars andrew wegley report:
The Assembly voted 8-36 in favor of Sen. Julie Slama’s procedural motion, which, if passed, would allow lawmakers to pass a bill that would repeal Nebraska’s presidential election system, which recognized Joe Biden and Barack Obama. A vote was to be taken. each receives a single electoral vote in the state in 2020 and 2008 respectively.
The vote taken by lawmakers late Wednesday was not directly tied to the winner-take-all bill that former President Donald Trump and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen had been begging for. Officially nonpartisan Republican member of the state Legislature Slama called the procedural vote “the last chance to pass winner-take-all this session.”
But Wegley I got it. A post on .
It won’t be on the ballot again. I know it’s a promise, but I don’t have a vehicle to install it on. Winner Takes All will not work in 2024.
— Senator Julie Slama (@SenatorSlama) April 4, 2024
But Slama, a Republican, responded to his tweet and declared, “I will not put it on the ballot again.”
“I know it was a promise, but there are no vehicles that can install it. Winner Takes All won’t be running in 2024,” she added.
This initiative is supported by Governor Jim Pillen (R-Neb.), Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), former president donald trump, and Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA.
Ricketts emphasized that state Sen. Mike McDonnell (R-2005) left the Democratic Party on Wednesday to become a Republican, giving Republicans a “filibuster-proof” majority in the unicameral legislature. did.
Republicans currently have a filibuster-proof majority in the unicameral system. Read my statement calling for Nebraska to pass a winner-take-all system and add one more electoral vote to the Republican field in 2024. pic.twitter.com/AO3kArmZWX
— Pete Ricketts (@PeteRicketts) April 3, 2024
He expressed excitement about the timing of seat pick-up amid efforts to change winner-take-all, which is currently not happening.
“The ‘filibuster-resistant’ majority does not have the fortitude to make Nebraska a winner-take-all state in an election year,” Slama said after the vote. wild. “
This sums it up nicely – a “filibuster-proof” majority doesn’t have the fortitude to turn Nebraska into a winner-take-all state in an election year. wild. https://t.co/bo7aPOAqg7
— Senator Julie Slama (@SenatorSlama) April 4, 2024
“He’s going to try again,” said state Sen. Lauren Lippincott, a Republican who sponsored the bill. [Thursday] Please attach the bill language to LB 541, a bill by Sen. John Lowe of Carney…,” Aaron Sanderford of the Nebraska Board of Review wrote in a tweet.
Lowe said it remains to be seen whether he will ask Arch to schedule LB 541 because the 33rd vote to break the filibuster has not yet been found.
— Aaron Sanderford (@asanderford) April 4, 2024
However, Sanderford noted that Rowe does not yet have enough votes to break the filibuster and is unsure whether to request a timeline for introducing the bill.
