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Election Results: Who Says Every Vote Does Not Count?

Originally published November 3, 2010, By Shellinda. Updated November 3, 2010. 4 Comments

Election Results: Who Says Every Vote Does Not Count?

It’s tempting to focus on the historic takeover of the US House by a Republican majority, but we here at GiN march to a different drummer, for the most part at least.  Just as the three most important characteristics of real estate are location, location, location; the three most important characteristics of GiN’s political focus […]

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Who Says Voters Do No Try To Inform Themselves? GiN Traffic Way Up

Originally published November 2, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated November 2, 2010. Leave a Comment

The conventional wisdom of the uninformed, clueless voter is not necessarily true. At least not in Nebraska. We have noticed a very large spike in our traffic numbers on this site since we began posting election related information. Yesterday we hit an all time record, exceeding the number of hits we received on December 21, […]

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Some Election Day Comic Relief

Originally published November 2, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated November 2, 2010. Leave a Comment

Some Election Day Comic Relief

We all know voting today is very important – of course! But this had been a long, long, long, long election cycle (did I say it was long?).  We think everyone needs a little political entertainment today, so we submit a little set of videos for your enjoyment: 

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Lancaster County Board Needs Brent Smoyer

Originally published November 1, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated November 29, 2011. Leave a Comment

Lancaster County Board Needs Brent Smoyer

by Shelli Dawdy **Updated May 8, 2011**: We believe it’s important to note that GiN is currently evaluating it’s policy regarding candidates and elections. While we have never endorsed a candidate, we have become increasingly uncomfortable with articles such as this one, which comes too close to an endorsement for our comfort. We are doing […]

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(2010 Election) Lancaster County Sample Ballot Available Here for Viewing & Downloading

Originally published October 30, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 17, 2014. Leave a Comment

(2010 Election) Lancaster County Sample Ballot Available Here for Viewing & Downloading

Updated October 23, 2012: If you’re looking for a SAMPLE BALLOT for the Lancaster County, NE, GENERAL Election – November 6, 2012, click HERE LOOKING FOR A MAY 1, 2012, PRIMARY SAMPLE BALLOT? CLICK *HERE* For those interested in taking an advance look at the ballot prior to Tuesday, we’ve located the sample ballot provided […]

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Senator Fulton Weighs In Against Amendment 2

Originally published October 30, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 30, 2010. 2 Comments

Senator Fulton Weighs In Against Amendment 2

Former Candidate for State Treasurer and sitting District 29 Senator Tony Fulton recently wrote an editorial about one of the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Nebraska that is on ballots statewide. (Information on the other amendment can be found HERE.) Against Amendment 2 by Tony Fulton Nebraskans should not abolish the office of State […]

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Nebraska Needs A State Treasurer! Vote NO on Amendment 2 (2010)

Originally published October 28, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 24, 2012. Leave a Comment

Nebraska Needs A State Treasurer! Vote NO on Amendment 2 (2010)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is about an amendment on the November 2010 ballot, not about 2012. For information about amendments on the November 2012 ballot, click HERE. By Shelli Dawdy There are two proposed amendments to the State Constitution on the ballot next Tuesday. To read about Amendment 1, click HERE. Amendment 2 is a proposal […]

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Amendment 1 Smooths and Widens the Path to Fiscal Irresponsibility

Originally published October 27, 2010, By Linda. Updated October 27, 2010. 3 Comments

Amendment 1 Smooths and Widens the Path to Fiscal Irresponsibility

The State of Nebraska already gets 40 percent of its operating funds from the federal government. But such money comes with strings attached. In return, the state relinquishes control over significant parts of its budget to the whims of federal bureaucrats. Now, ask yourself this question — Do you really think it’s wise to allow […]

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