Trump ramps up push for Nebraska to change electoral vote allocation
Donald #Trump spoke by phone this week with a Nebraska state senator as part of a ⚠️ last-minute push to change how the state allocates its electoral votes
-- 💥and block the easiest path Vice President Kamala Harris has to win the White House.
State Sen. Merv #Riepe (R) said he spoke briefly by phone with Trump on Wednesday
in the presence of Nebraska Gov. Jim #Pillen (R)
during a visit by Sen. Lindsey #Graham (R-S.C.),
who encouraged Republicans in the state’s unicameral legislature
❌ to change to a statewide "winner-take-all" electoral vote system.
“I want the law changed. I’ve made no qualms about it,” said Graham,
an ally of Trump, who said he traveled to Nebraska at the request of Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), the former governor.
“They were open-minded. I said:
‘Listen, it’s your decision to make. 🔸It comes down to one electoral vote.
🔸I want you to understand what that one vote would mean.’”
Nebraska is one of two states that 👉award some of its electoral votes by congressional district,
❇️which has given Democrats a good shot at winning a single vote from the #Omaha area,
despite the overwhelming statewide Republican lean.
⭐️With that vote, Harris can secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House,
as long as she also wins her three strongest battleground states
— Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/20/nebraska-electoral-college-trump-omaha/