The Nebraska Legislature killed a bill Tuesday that aimed to unify the state's Electoral College votes behind one candidate after its existing split method drew national interest during the 2024 election cycle.

Nebraska doles out some of its Electoral College votes based on outcomes in individual congressional districts, but many Republicans — including Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and President Trump — pushed this year to adopt a more traditional winner-take-all (WTA) approach, in which the presidential candidate with the highest tally statewide would receive all five of the state's Electoral College votes.

Lawmakers who opposed the change, which likely would have stopped Nebraskans in the Omaha-area swing district from influencing future presidential elections, filibustered for nearly four hours to block the legislation, and the GOP majority in the technically nonpartisan Legislature was........

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