State Sen. Merv Riepe, a Republican, sits at his desk in the Nebraska Legislature in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, April 8, 2025, ahead of a vote on a bill to take Nebraska to a winner-take-all system of ...

Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, campaigns on Nov. 2, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina, while the Republican President-elect Donald Trump, speaks to a crowd in Raleigh, North ...

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Nebraska‘s electoral system in presidential contests has caught the ire of state Republicans who want it overhauled, but as efforts in the legislature continue to fail, they may go straight to the ...

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed a unique system to choose our president in 1787: the Electoral College. More than two centuries later, it remains an invaluable institution that helps ...

A cynical and impossible scheme — suits pressed while you wait! Doubtless there are worse ideas than ditching the Electoral College in favor of electing American Presidents by popular vote. But it ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with ...