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This bill modifies Maine's method of allocating presidential electoral votes by changing from a congressional district method to a winner-take-all method, but only if Nebraska changes its own electoral vote allocation method. Specifically, the bill eliminates the previous system where one elector was chosen from each congressional district, and instead mandates that all presidential electors will be chosen statewide. The electors will cast their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who received the largest number of votes in the state using the ranked-choice voting method. The bill has a unique contingent effective date: it will only take effect if Nebraska adopts a law that allocates at least 3 of its 5 electoral votes on an at-large basis, and if the Nebraska change is officially confirmed to Maine's legislative officials. This means the bill is conditional on action by another state, making it an unusual piece of legislation that ties electoral vote allocation to the actions of a different state legislature. The ranked-choice voting process, which is referenced in the bill, is an voting method where voters rank candidates in order of preference, and votes are redistributed based on those rankings until a candidate receives a majority.

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