A Nebraska Republican state lawmaker said Monday that he remains opposed to switching how the state allocates its electoral votes, effectively blocking a bid by President Donald Trump and his allies to change the system in a bid for an extra electoral vote this fall.

Republicans have sought to have the state switch to a winner-take-all system. The change would block one of Vice President Harris' main paths to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was proposing no doubt made perfect sense: Instead of allocating some electoral college votes by congressional district, he argued, Nebraska should give all of the state’s electors to the person who wins the state. Who ...