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===== Republican bid to alter Nebraska's electoral system to boost Trump stymied ===== | |||
[https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-bid-alter-nebraskas-electoral-system-boost-trump-fails-2024-09-23/ by Joseph Ax 23/9/24 Reuters] | |||
Sept 23 (Reuters) - A last-minute Republican effort to award Nebraska's five Electoral College votes on a winner-take-all basis - a change that would help Donald Trump's odds of winning the White House - appeared doomed on Monday, after a key Republican lawmaker said he opposed the proposal despite lobbying from Trump's allies. | |||
===== The real reason we have an Electoral College: to protect slave states ===== | ===== The real reason we have an Electoral College: to protect slave states ===== | ||
