Nebraska is one of the top meat producers in the U.S. It also has one of the worst labor shortages. The incoming Trump administration has promised mass deportations on an unprecedented scale. We asked Nebraskans what that could mean.
If every state adopted Maine and Nebraska’s unique system of awarding their Electoral College votes for president — which provide one electoral vote to the winner in each congressional district and two per state to the overall winner — President-elect Donald Trump would have still won the White House.
New Hampshire lawmakers are putting forth a bill that would reapportion the state's electors based on its two congressional districts' results -- similar to Maine and Nebraska.
"Are we a state that practices equal representation under the law, as it relates to the principal of one man, one vote?" Preston Love, Jr. asks.
Nebraska is one of the top meat producers in the U.S. It also has one of the worst labor shortages. The incoming Trump administration has promised mass deportations on an unprecedented scale. We asked Nebraskans what that could mean.
If every state adopted Nebraska’s unique system of awarding its Electoral College votes for president — which provides one electoral vote to the winner in each congressional district and two per state to the overall winner — President-elect Donald Trump would have still won the White House.
In the 2024 presidential election, both states split their votes. Maine sent three votes to Harris and one to Trump, while Nebraska sent four votes to Trump and one to Harris. Gannon said that this bill would ensure “everyone’s voice to be heard,” as well as encourage presidential candidates to continue to campaign in the state.
Awarding half of the state's electoral college votes based on the showing of presidential candidates in each congressional district would enfranchise more citizens and motivate nominees to return for general elections to campaign in New Hampshire,
Sen. Loren Lippincott of Central City introduced legislation Thursday that would terminate the state's electoral system that splits votes between the statewide vote and votes in the three Congressional Districts.
TO DONATE RIGHT NOW. WELL, BACK HERE AS PROMISED, THERE IS ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BRING BACK WINNER TAKE ALL THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. CENTRAL CITY SENATOR LAUREN LIPPINCOTT INTRODUCED SB THREE.
Nebraska lawmakers will consider 25 proposed legislative rules changes Thursday, including proposals that would make it easier for bills to overcome filibusters and harder for senators to wage them.
In the 2000 presidential election, Democrat Al Gore lost the state of New Hampshire narrowly, by 7,211 votes. Under the state’s “winner take all” system, all four of the Granite State’s Electoral College votes went to Republican George W.