{"id":1737,"date":"2025-02-03T09:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/nebraska\/?post_type=press&#038;p=1737"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:10:28","slug":"%e4%bb%96%e4%bb%ac%e8%af%b4%e5%86%85%e5%b8%83%e6%8b%89%e6%96%af%e5%8a%a0%e5%b7%9e%e9%80%89%e6%b0%91%e5%b8%8c%e6%9c%9b%e4%bf%9d%e7%95%99%e9%80%89%e4%b8%be%e5%9b%a2%e5%88%b6%e5%ba%a6","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/nebraska\/zh\/press\/what-theyre-saying-nebraskan-voters-want-to-keep-electoral-college-system\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4ed6\u4eec\u7684\u8a00\u8bba\uff1a\u5185\u5e03\u62c9\u65af\u52a0\u5dde\u9009\u6c11\u5e0c\u671b\u4fdd\u7559\u9009\u4e3e\u56e2\u5236\u5ea6"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1737","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Rural, Conservative Voters Reject Winner Take All Change ","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":"","related_issues":[86,412,100,106,410],"related_work":[180,111,389],"location":30},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":true,"person":null,"name":"\u80af\u5c3c\u00b7\u79d1\u5c14\u65af\u987f","role":"","phone":"","email":"kcolston@commoncause.org"},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Thursday, the Legislature\u2019s Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee heard testimony for hours about Nebraskans preference for staying with its current Electoral College votes system. In case you missed it, several conservative Nebraskans forcefully spoke up to keep the current system, rather than change it.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Warren Phelps, chair of the Cheyenne County GOP, said he wants to keep the district system so rural Republicans in the 3rd Congressional District always have a voice. He said he and other rural Republicans do not \u201cwant to be drowned out.\u201d and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cCompetition makes everybody better. It forces candidates to come up with ideas. Ideas that \u2026 help the whole country.\u201d - <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskaexaminer.com\/2025\/01\/30\/defenders-of-nebraskas-blue-dot-come-out-in-force-against-winner-take-all-at-hearing\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nebraska Examiner.<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sen. Merv Riepe of Ralston, supported winner-take-all in 2024, but now says it's not the right time to consider the issue. His district has an even split of Republicans and Democrats, and he said <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he doesn't believe a majority of his constituents support the proposed change. - <\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/omaha.com\/news\/state-regional\/government-politics\/could-nebraska-become-a-winner-take-all-state-lawmakers-are-holding-public-hearing-on-2\/article_1562755c-de50-11ef-a609-c7715a53ddda.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Omaha World-Herald<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nebraskans largely tell lawmakers to scrap winner-take-all plan<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">... Roughly five hours in, at least nine people testified in favor of LB 3, while more than 60 people had testified against both proposals... \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kearneyhub.com\/nebraskans-largely-tell-lawmakers-to-scrap-winner-take-all-plan-its-ok-to-be-better\/article_50f3434a-df71-11ef-b811-2b182e13e9e5.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kearney Hub<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Public comments are overwhelmingly against change<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. According to committee public comment on LB3: 414 proponents, 1371 opponents, and 3 neutral. For LR24CA: 172 proponents, 728 opponents, and 5 neutral. - <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/video.legislature.ne.gov\/Wll0V2dnXF0=\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Legislative hearing link<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (5 hour, 28 minutes mark)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cNebraskans are crystal clear on this \u2013 they prefer the current system across the political spectrum. It\u2019s time to listen to the people and scrap any plan to change Nebraska\u2019s electoral college vote system,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">said Gavin Geis, Common Cause Nebraska Executive Director. <\/span><\/b>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What They\u2019re Saying: Nebraskan Voters Want to Keep Electoral College System - Common Cause Nebraska<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rural, Conservative Voters Reject Winner Take All Change\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/nebraska\/zh\/\u6309\/\u4ed6\u4eec\u8bf4\u5185\u5e03\u62c9\u65af\u52a0\u5dde\u9009\u6c11\u5e0c\u671b\u4fdd\u7559\u9009\u4e3e\u56e2\u5236\u5ea6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What They\u2019re Saying: Nebraskan Voters Want to Keep Electoral College System\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rural, Conservative Voters Reject Winner Take All Change\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/nebraska\/zh\/\u6309\/\u4ed6\u4eec\u8bf4\u5185\u5e03\u62c9\u65af\u52a0\u5dde\u9009\u6c11\u5e0c\u671b\u4fdd\u7559\u9009\u4e3e\u56e2\u5236\u5ea6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Nebraska\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T19:10:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/nebraska\/press\/what-theyre-saying-nebraskan-voters-want-to-keep-electoral-college-system\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/nebraska\/press\/what-theyre-saying-nebraskan-voters-want-to-keep-electoral-college-system\/\",\"name\":\"What They\u2019re Saying: Nebraskan Voters Want to Keep Electoral College System - 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