LINCOLN- On Wednesday, a failed attempt to force a floor vote on making Nebraska award all five of its Electoral College votes to the presidential winner of the statewide popular vote signaled dimming prospects this year for the change, which was called for by Gov. Jim Pillen and former Pres. Donald Trump.

Sen. Julie Slama forced discussion on the topic after trying to amend winner-take-all into LB1300, an unrelated bill from Sen. Eliot Bostar. Slama contended that her Republican colleagues did not truly want to vote on the issue of winner-take-all, and instead only sought to energize voters and donors with the issue.

Bostar challenged the germaneness of the amendment, arguing that the bipartisan nature of LB1300, a package of Republican and Democratic bills, would be destroyed if it were to pass. A handful of senators also opposed the change, referencing Trump's tweet calling for the change. "This is about a tweet," said Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, "We are allowing ourselves to be governed by a tweet."

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