Nebraska Electoral College Bill Could Close A White House Pathway For Biden

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R-NE) has endorsed a bill that would repeal a state law which assigns electoral college votes by Congressional district and making Nebraska a winner-takes-all state.

• Semafor note: “If Biden lost only Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada from his 2020 column, he would win the electoral college 270-268; if Nebraska gave all five electors to Trump, the tied 269-269 election would be decided by the incoming House’s state delegations, where Republicans currently hold an advantage.”
• Politico reports that the change, “would take away what is currently [Biden’s] easiest path to 270: win the “blue wall” states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, plus one electoral vote from metro Omaha.”
• Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb said in an interview: “The Nebraska Democratic Party is watching this bill closely and still believes we have the votes to stop the [legislation]...”
• Trump said in a statement praising Pillen's endorsement of the bill: “Most Nebraskans have wanted to go back to this system for a very long time, because it’s what 48 other States do — It’s what the Founders intended, and it’s right for Nebraska.”