Among a recent rash of bad ideas comes two recycled clangers for Nebraskans: Hand counting paper ballots for all state elections and adopting a winner-take-all format to determine the state’s presidential electors.

Douglas County election officials reminded the public on Tuesday that there’s no statewide elections this year.

State senators with the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee gathered at the Capitol Friday morning, for a hearing on the ballot initiative and referendum process in Nebraska.

“Advocates for All Nebraskans” (AFAN) announced in a news conference Tuesday that they are launching two new petitions. The two proposed amendments would shift Nebraska’s presidential elector system to a winner-take-all format and require hand-counted ballots for all elections across the state.

Marijuana is federally prohibited in the United States and largely illegal in Nebraska. But in 2024, Nebraska voters approved two ballot initiatives to legalize medical cannabis.

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - From city council to school board, there are numerous local and county elections taking place on Nov. 4, 2025. If you want to have a say in your community, you’ll need to vote, and to do that, you need to be registered.

In the past few months, I outlined six initiative petitions that have been filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office and are currently in circulation for the 2026 General

Another candidate for state legislature has entered their name into the race, this time for a seat representing the southern and western portions of Sarpy County.