Democrats in Maine may attempt to change the state’s rules for awarding electoral votes if Republicans in Nebraska pass legislation awarding all their electoral votes to a single candidate, Politico reported.

Republicans in Nebraska introduced a bill that would change how the state awards its electoral votes in a presidential election — which awards three of its five votes based on a candidate’s performance in three congressional districts — to a system that awards all of the state’s electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote in the state.

Democrats in Maine, the only other state in the country to award part of its electoral votes based on performance in individual congressional districts, said in a statement Friday that it would “be compelled to act in order to restore fairness,” if Nebraska proceeds with the plan.

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