Republican bid to change Nebraska voting rules to help Trump fails

State senator Mike McDonnell refuses to back plan that would give Trump possible edge in event of a tied election

A Republican attempt to change the electoral system in Nebraska to give Donald Trump a possible advantage in the event of a tied presidential election has been rebuffed after a state legislator refused to back the plan.

Mike McDonnell, a former Democrat who crossed to the Republican party this year, said he would not vote to change the midwestern state's distribution of electors to the same winner-takes-all process that operates in most of the US.