Jim Pillen to discuss the feasibility of overturning a 30-year law, which awards electoral votes by congressional district, rather than statewide winner-take-all.
The former president called into the meeting briefly, a GOP official told CNN, hoping to win support and impress upon them the importance of a single electoral vote.
It’s yet another sign of just how close the election against Vice President Kamala Harris could be, with one electoral vote from an Omaha-area congressional district emerging as potentially pivotal.
Democrats are less optimistic about a Maine sweep, party officials say, than winning one of Nebraska’s electoral votes.
Time has run out for Maine to change its law, state officials have said, with 90 days required for any legislation to take effect.
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