Ben Kamisar is a deputy political editor in NBC's Political Unit.
Nebraska legislators on Wednesday night blocked a late effort to change how the state allocates its Electoral College votes, despite public pressure from former President Donald Trump to shift to a winner-take-all system that would likely benefit him in the fall. The measure fell short, 8-36, in a procedural vote.
” She went on to blast her fellow Republicans for not supporting the measure, arguing that their vote against the “germaneness” of the amendment was a repudiation of the winner-take-all system itself. Slama also blamed them for not prioritizing the legislation when it was introduced more than a year ago and paying lip service to the proposal.
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