Nebraska Governor Ends Push for Winner-Take-All Electoral Vote System, Won’t Call Special Session

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has announced that he will not call a special legislative session to shift the state to a winner-take-all electoral vote system, halting efforts to overhaul the way Nebraska allocates its electoral votes ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Pillen, a Republican, had pushed for the change, saying it would ensure all Nebraska votes were valued equally, unify the state, and correct a “decades-old mistake” in how its electoral votes are allocated. However, the governor said in a Sept. 24 statement that he had failed to secure the necessary 33 votes in the state’s legislature to pass the measure. Republican state Sen. Mike McDonnell’s refusal to back the proposal was pivotal in the collapse of the effort....