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How Nebraska Republicans could tip the election to Trump

Nebraska Republicans appear poised to make a last-minute change in state election law that could tip the 2024 presidential race to former President Donald Trump.

Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen met with roughly two dozen GOP state legislators on Wednesday to push for a change to make Nebraska’s Electoral College votes winner-take-all for this election, according to multiple reports. If Republicans make this eleventh-hour change,  it would ensure Mr. Trump another vote in the Electoral College – and create a realistic scenario where that gives him enough support to return to the White House.

Nebraska is one of two states, along with Maine, that allocates one Electoral College vote to the winner of each congressional district. Vice President Kamala Harris is the slight favorite to win the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, which Mr. Trump would have lost in 2020 by a six-point margin under current district lines.

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