Donald Trump believes he will win four electoral votes from Nebraska, but it’s the fifth one that he is increasingly fretting about – leading the former president and his Republican allies to mount a last-ditch effort to try and change state election law only weeks before ballots are cast.
Trump made a brief call this week to Nebraska GOP lawmakers as they were meeting with Republican Gov. Jim Pillen to discuss the feasibility of overturning a 30-year law, which awards electoral votes by congressional district, rather than statewide winner-take-all. Earlier efforts to change the law have failed – this year and in previous years – but Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina flew to Nebraska to speak with legislators Wednesday in hopes of helping to make Trump’s case.
Mike McDonnell of Omaha, who switched his party registration from Democratic to Republican earlier this year but has so far resisted entreaties to support a winner-take-all electoral system. His spokesman, Barry Rubin, told the Nebraska Examiner on Thursday: “Sen. McDonnell has heard compelling arguments from both sides. And as of today, is still a no.” Democrats have vowed to try and block any last-minute attempts to change the law before the November election.
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