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Maine Legislature adjourns without definitive action on dozens of bills

Maine Legislature adjourns without definitive action on dozens of bills
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Maine Democrats threaten to switch to winner-take-all delegate system

Maine Democrats threaten to switch to winner-take-all delegate system
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aimintang/Getty Images(AUGUSTA, Maine) Democratic leaders in Maine are threatening to eliminate the state s split-vote system for allocating Electoral College delegates if Nebraska Republicans move forward with their plan to do the same.The two states are the only ones in the country to allocate some delegates proportionally by congressional district, which in 2020 allowed President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to each secure one delegate in states that were otherwise won by the other – Biden in Nebraska and Trump in Maine.But in early April, Trump, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and other prominent Republicans endorsed a legislative measure that would change Nebraska s allocation of Electoral College votes to a Trump-favorable, winner-take-all system. The state currently awards one vote for each of the state s three congressional districts and then two for the overall winner of the state.Now, Democratic leaders in Maine, the only other state in the nation that awards elec

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