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 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.

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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.

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.

It came down to just two important votes from Sen. Merv Riepe and Sen. Dave Wordekemper. Ultimately the effort to move Nebraska to a winner-take-all system failed. For four hours state senators debated whether or not now is the time to unify Nebraska's electoral college vote allocations.

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At Lincoln Public Schools, an event fostering community and diversity brought dozens of students from across the state under one roof on Monday.

Wiltgen said the changes will impact approximately 8,500 of the 185,000 voters eligible to vote in the upcoming elections.