Yesterday, Nebraska’s Republican governor endorsed legislation that could affect the presidential election and reinstall Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Ben Whedon reports in Just the News:

Nebraska GOP Gov. Jim Pillen on Tuesday endorsed legislation that would impose a "winner-take-all" system of allocating the state's electoral votes in presidential elections.

The state currently allocates its votes by congressional district, leaving open the possibility that Democrats may notch at least one electoral vote in the deep red due to the purple status of the 2nd District. State Republican Sen. Loren Lippincott introduced the legislation in January.

"I am a strong supporter of Senator Lippincott's winner-take-all (LB 764) and have been from the start," Pillen said in a statement. "It would bring Nebraska into line with 48 of our fellow states, better reflect the founders' intent, and ensure our state speaks with one unified voice in presidential elections."

"I call upon fellow Republicans in the Legislature to pass this bill to my desk so I can sign it into law," he concluded.

Governor Jim Pillen

This would actually be a big deal. if Trump won Georgia and Arizona and Nevada, but lost Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, which is quite possible, he would lose 270-268. if Nebraska’s electoral vote for the Omaha district were added, it would be 269-269, and Trump would likely win in the House, where each state’s delegation gets one vote. This assumes that in Maine, the only other state to award electoral votes by Congressional district, the second district votes for Trump as it has both times he ran.

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