Nation IN BRIEF : NEBRASKA : Bill to Pick Electors by District Gets OK

The Nebraska Legislature narrowly approved a bill that would make Nebraska the second state to distribute presidential electoral votes by congressional district, instead of giving all of them to the candidate who gets a majority of the popular vote. Gov. Ben Nelson is expected to sign the bill, which would require that two at-large electors be chosen from the party whose nominee receives the highest number of votes statewide. The other three electors, chosen from the state’s congressional districts, would represent the party whose nominee got the highest number of votes in each respective district.