Nebraska State Senator Julie Slama (R-Auburn) has introduced LB 76. It would eliminate the Nebraska law that lets each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. Instead, if the bill passed, Nebraska would imitate the 48 states with winner-take-all elector elections. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.
In last year’s election, one Nebraska district voted for Joe Biden, while the other two districts voted for Donald Trump.
Wisconsin state representative Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel) is about to introduce a bill to let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. The bill doesn’t have a number yet, but here is the draft, LRB 513/1.
Newly-elected Arizona State Senator Kelly Townsend introduced SCR 1002 on her first day in office, January 6, 2021. It says that because the November election vote returns are not correct, the legislature is appointing the Republican slate of presidential elector candidates. Here is the text.
Before this year, she was an Arizona State Representative, and was the majority whip. See this story about her bill.
Although state legislatures are barely beginning to work, in at least eight states bills have been introduced for the National Popular Vote Plan. They are Florida (HB 39), Kansas (HB 2002), Minnesota (SF 18), Missouri (HB 267), Pennsylvania (HB 2922), South Carolina (HB 3187), Texas (SB 130), and Virginia (SB 1101).
Of these eight states, the only one with a Democratic majority in each house of the legislature is Virginia. Virginia also has a Democratic Governor. Thanks to John Koza for the list of bills.
Here is a link to the official Guam election returns for November 3, 2020. Scroll down to the bottom to see the vote for president:
Biden 14,610 (Democrat)
Trump 11,058 (Republican)
Hawkins 185 (Green)
Jorgensen 169 (Libertarian)
Hunter 140 (Progressive)
Carroll 138 (American Solidarity)
Collins 83 (Prohibition)
Guam has no electoral votes, so this vote is simply an expression of public opinion. Guam is the only U.S. possession that always has a popular vote for president. It started doing this in 1980.
