A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with their own party.The bill's failure preserves the Omaha area’s “blue dot” congressional district that has seen its electoral vote — one of Nebraska's five — go to Democratic candidates in three of the past five presidential elections.

The Douglas County Election Commission says most voters will not need to register for another mail-in ballot for the the Omaha City General Election.

There are only two states that split their electoral votes by congressional district: Nebraska and Maine. Both states allocate two electoral votes based on the statewide popular vote winner, then one electoral vote based on the popular vote winner in each congressional district. Nebraska has three congressional districts.

Nebraska's "Blue Dot" will live on for now as the state Legislature rejected a bill Tuesday that would revert Nebraska's presidential election system to a winner-take-all model.

The Nebraska Legislature failed to pass a bill that would have unified the state’s Electoral College votes, with opponents filibustering for nearly four hours to block the legislation.

Nebraska's split presidential electoral system survived an attempt to replace it with a winner-take-all model Tuesday as two Republicans joined Democrats in refusing to vote to stop a filibuster.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraska will keep splitting its Electoral College votes — at least for now. On Tuesday, state senators filibustered Legislative Bill 3, which would have switched the state to a winner-take-all system. The Legislature voted 31-18 to end debate on the bill and move it forward, but it needed 33.

We answer your questions about the money the city spends on street repairs, how the quarter-cent sales tax works and what officials hope to accomplish if voters approve extending it.

The Douglas County Election Commission posted the official results Friday from the city of Omaha's April 1 primary.

Nebraska and Maine are the only states that split their electoral votes by congressional district, and both have done so in recent presidential elections. In Nebraska, the system has confounded ...