William Forsee is a Democratic

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 political activist from Nebraska

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, who served as a presidential elector during 2008 election

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.

A high school biology/anatomy teacher, Forsee became the first elector from Nebraska in 44 years (since 1964

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) to cast a vote for Democratic nominees (Senator Barack Obama

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 from Illinois

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 for President

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 and Senator Joe Biden

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 of Delaware

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 for Vice President

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).

Nebraska split electoral votes (as Maine

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 does) between winners at-large and congressional districts. Republican

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 nominee John McCain

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 won Nebraska at-large and all but one congressional district, but Obama carried Nebraska's 2nd congressional district

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 and thus Forsee became first Nebraska elector in history to legally cast his vote (unlike faithless elector

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s) for another candidate than the rest of his fellow electors.