Daily Minute: Winner-take-all elections; housing initiative, domestic violence up

Daily Minute: Winner-take-all elections; housing initiative, domestic violence up

Good morning, Lincoln. Here’s what you should know today.

Nebraska's winner-take-all push could isolate Maine in presidential elections

Nebraska lawmakers advanced legislation Monday that would create a winner-take-all system for presidential elections and leave Maine as the only state in the country to award Electoral College votes by congressional district. A similar effort last year in Republican-led Nebraska moved forward rapidly thanks to support from President Donald Trump while he was on the campaign trail but ran out of steam ahead of the November election that Trump end…

'How could they not listen to that much of Nebraska': Winner take all advances

Legislative Bill 3 also known as 'winner-take-all' has passed committee. The bill will be debated in the Nebraska Unicameral legislature. If approved, Nebraska would allocate all electoral votes to a statewide candidate instead of by district.BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: An effort to eliminate the Blue Dot, Legislative Bill 3 or winner-take-all, was passed by the Government, Military, and Veteran Affairs Committee. Now, it will be up for debate in the …

Pillen’s nudge helps Nebraska’s winner-take-all proposals advance out of Government Committee

LINCOLN – After public pressure from Gov. Jim Pillen, Nebraska lawmakers advanced to the full Legislature a winner-take-all bill and a separate proposed constitutional amendment to let voters alter how the state awards Electoral College votes for president. The Government,…

Nebraska legislative committee advances winner-take-all bill for debate by lawmakers

Gov. Jim Pillen thanked the committee for advancing the bill, saying it would "restore unity to Nebraska's allocation of electoral college votes and strengthen our voice in presidential elections."

Legislature will debate making Nebraska a winner-take-all electoral state

The Government, Military, and Veteran Affairs Committee narrowly advanced a bill from Sen. Loren Lippincott of Central City that would undo Nebraska's unique system of awarding electoral votes.