Key figures seek to bring about winner-takes-all allocation that would give Trump all five electoral college votesCongressional Republicans are demanding an 11th-hour change to Nebraska’s presidential voting system in a move that could transform the electoral calculus and tip the race to Donald Trump in the event of a photo finish.With polls showing Trump neck-and-neck with Kamala Harris both nationally and in battleground states, senior GOP congressional figures are pressing the Nebraska legislature to replace a system that splits the allocation of its electoral college votes with the straightforward winner-takes-all distribution that operates in most US states. Continue reading…
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Author : Robert Tait in Washington
Publish date : 2024-09-21 09:00:37
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Republicans step up effort to change Nebraska voting rules to help Trump
