"The state House majority leader, Maureen Terry, said in a statement on Friday that the Democratic-controlled Legislature would “be compelled to act in order to restore fairness,” should Nebraska’s Republican governor sign legislation that made the state a winner-take-all election in 2024.”
@StillIRise1963 I am very confused by this article...due to Maine very recently (like a week ago) passing a popular vote compact which guarantees their 4 votes will now go to the winner of the popular vote of the US, not -their- state totals.
They no longer will proportionally divide their electoral votes…so, I'm quite confused by the premise of the whole article. Do you have more insight into this?
@cjpaloma Reading through the document that you attached, I came upon this "I am also aware that enacting this measure is not irreversible and that it will not take effect until a number of other states with at least 61 cumulative electoral votes also approve the measure, and that it will have no effect on this year’s Presidential election.” So, it can’t take effect yet.
@StillIRise1963 yeah, you're right, and I was just editing my reply to reflect that😆 So they -will- currently be dividing their votes proportionally unless the interstate compact takes effect. Thanks
Double oops for me since I actually had been boosting the effort, and urging people to bug their state legislators if their state hasn't signed on to the effort.
I'm glad Maine is ready to change up their counts if necessary, and I'm sure Nebraska won't pass the Interstate Compact right now, but people in Nebraska (and other states) can still read about the efforts in their states and bug their legislators!
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