http://www.omaha.com/article/20110209/NEWS01/702099866/0#a-change-in-neb-electoral-systemBy Robynn Tysver
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Barack Obama created a stir in 2008, when the then-aspiring presidential candidate made a rare stop in Omaha.
Two other political rock stars — Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Hillary Clinton — followed several months later.
For the first time in a long time, Nebraska was a blip on the national political radar.
There is a good chance all that ends this year.
Republicans have a significant edge in their effort to repeal the state's split-electoral vote process, which put the congressional district in the Omaha-metro area in play during the 2008 presidential race and awarded Obama, a Democrat, one electoral vote.
Republicans want a return to the winner-take-all system of awarding the state's electoral votes, and they want it done this year, ahead of the 2012 presidential race. If the vote, as expected, falls along party lines, the GOP has a clear road to victory.
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