LINCOLN- Nebraska state lawmakers will consider advancing a proposal to change how the state awards its Electoral College votes in presidential races to the floor of the Legislature on Monday morning. Sen. Loren Lippincott of Central City, who introduced the bill (LB3) this year, said the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee will hold an executive session early next week to determine the measure's next steps.

If advanced from the committee, passed by the Legislature, and signed into law by Gov. Jim Pillen, LB3 would end the 34-year-old system of awarding electoral votes to the winner of the presidential election in each of Nebraska's three congressional districts. Nebraska's other two votes go to the statewide winner.

Moving the Cornhusker State back to a "winner-take-all" system would mean the winner of the popular vote in Nebraska would take home all five of its Electoral College votes.

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