Nebraska's split-vote electoral system, which the Democrat-leaning Maine also uses, came into effect in 1991, with the state facing multiple attempts to repeal it since. The current proposal was introduced in 2023 by Senator Loren Lippincott.

Nebraska Republicans are scrambling to make the state winner-take-all for the 2024 presidential election, to hand a potentially key Electoral College vote to Trump.

Nebraska Republicans have held the governor’s mansion and state legislature since 1999, and occasionally debated whether to return to winner-take-all. Earlier this year, before the regular legislative session ended, conservative activists led by Turning Point Action urged the party to act, and Trump himself endorsed the idea.

State’s all-Republican congressional delegation seeks to change how electoral college votes are awarded – which would be likely to benefit Trump

Nebraska Republicans are pushing for a crucial change to the way the state allocates its Electoral College votes, advocating for a winner-takes-all system to avoid any uncertainty ahead of the November contest.

In a letter to Pillen and Speaker John Arch, Congressman Mike Flood, Sen. Deb Fischer, Sen. Pete Ricketts, Congressman Don Bacon and Congressman Adrian Smith all urge to turn Nebraska to a "winner-tak