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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A bill to reinstate Nebraska's winner-take-all system in presidential elections is headed to the full Legislature.
The Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee voted 7-1 on Wednesday to advance the proposal.
Nebraska and Maine are the only states where it's possible to split electoral votes between opposing presidential candidates. Nebraska adopted a system in 1991 that awards two electoral votes to the statewide winner, while distributing the other three based on who wins its three congressional districts.
Nebraska split its electoral votes for the first time in 2008, when Democrat Barack Obama captured one from the state's 2nd congressional district.
Nebraska's Republican Party has endorsed the proposal, while Democrats oppose it.
Omaha Senator Beau McCoy, who sponsored the bill, says the debate was taking place long before the 2008 election.
© Associated Press
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