The Maine Home majority chief is vowing to counter any transfer by the Republican governor of Nebraska that might give Trump the state’s lone cut up electoral school vote.
Politico reported:
The state Home majority chief, Maureen Terry, stated in a press release on Friday that the Democratic-controlled Legislature would “be compelled to act in order to restore fairness,” ought to Nebraska’s Republican governor signal laws that made the state a winner-take-all election in 2024.
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“Voters in Maine and voters in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District value their independence, but they also value fairness and playing by the rules,” Terry stated. “If Nebraska’s Republican governor and Republican-controlled Legislature were to change their electoral system this late in the cycle in order to unfairly award Donald Trump an additional electoral vote, I think the Maine Legislature would be compelled to act in order to restore fairness to our country’s electoral system.”
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Each Maine and Nebraska at present cut up their Electoral Faculty votes. Biden is probably going choose up a vote in Nebraska and Trump is prone to choose up a vote in Maine. If Nebraska adjustments to winner take all, Maine will do the identical to maintain Trump from stealing an Electoral Faculty vote.
Presidential Electoral Faculty map politics are already taking part in out throughout the nation as each events anticipate a intently determined presidential race. The one fixed is that Donald Trump is aware of that he can’t win a free and truthful election, so he’s consistently attempting to sport and alter the foundations to be able to cheat his technique to victory.
Trump has been pushing for the change in Nebraska since at the least final yr, however Maine is able to block any Trump transfer to sneak again into energy by Nebraska.
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