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EXCLUSIVE — A Nebraska Republican Party official resigned over the weekend, days after the failure of a legislative effort to change Electoral College vote rules that helped President Joe Biden in 2020 and could again this year in one of the nation’s otherwise reddest states.
Doug Petersen stepped down as 2nd Congressional District chairman after heading the Republican operation in a Greater Omaha area district that has been at the center of an intraparty GOP political firestorm of late. Nebraska’s unicameral legislature, where Republicans hold a majority, on April 3 rejected a proposal to change how the state allocates its electoral votes in presidential elections, a move that would help former President Donald Trump if enacted.
Peterson expressed frustration with the Nebraska GOP as it fought over the electoral rule change and more broadly has been at war with itself over congressional endorsements.
“On the advice of my legal counsel, I resigned from the CD 2 Chair on Saturday. I cannot comment on much other than the NEGOP is in shambles and I can no longer be associated with them,” Petersen declared in an email on Monday.
Nebraska and Maine are the only two states in the nation which allow its electoral votes to be split based on popular vote in each congressional district, instead of the winner-take-all system that other states use.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, along with some other Republican state lawmakers, want their state to flip to a winner-take-all process.
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has been pushing Nebraska Republicans to move forward with the winner-take-all electoral vote process, and is speaking at an event in Omaha Tuesday evening.
Nebraska!
We are coming out next week. The fight is ongoing and Nebraska can make it happen!!
Would love to have @TeamPillen join us and rally the folks of Nebraska for this critical cause! His leadership on this issue can get this done.
We are so close, just a few votes away!… pic.twitter.com/MVsnEmc16v
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 4, 2024
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