LINCOLN- Nebraskans filled the halls of the state Capitol Thursday afternoon, most of them there to oppose two proposals to restore a winner-take-all model for the state's future presidential elections. The Nebraska Legislature's Government, Military and Veterans Committee hosted a lengthy public hearing Thursday on Legislative Bill 3 and Legislative Resolution 24CA. Both would reinstate winner-take-all as the system Nebraska uses to award all five of its electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the state's popular vote, albeit by different processes.

The state is currently one of two that allocates some of its Electoral College votes by congressional district, which has meant three Democratic presidential candidates have won a single Nebraska Electoral College vote in recent years. Dozens of testifiers packed into the hearing room — enough people showed up that an overflow room itself overflowed and spilled out into a line outside of the room.

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