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NE Term Limit Extension Sponsor Tom Carlson: Two Minds or a Forked Tongue?

Originally published November 1, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

NE Term Limit Extension Sponsor Tom Carlson: Two Minds or a Forked Tongue?

Important update on Saturday, November 3: Check our Home page – the featured slider – for a new article about the funding source for an ad campaign supporting this issue. (A link will be added here once published.) District 38 State Senator Tom Carlson (Holdrege), was the sponsor of the legislative resolution which resulted in […]

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Extend NE State Senator Term Limits? Proposed Amendment No. 3

Originally published October 19, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Extend NE State Senator Term Limits? Proposed Amendment No. 3

In 2000, Nebraska voters approved Initiative No. 415 by a vote of 50.2% FOR, to 39.7% AGAINST, which limited Nebraska Legislators to two consecutive four year terms in office. This year’s Proposed Amendment No. 3, would ease that voter imposed restriction and allow Nebraska’s State Senators to serve for three consecutive four year terms.  Read full articleExtend NE State Senator Term Limits? Proposed Amendment No. 3

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Lancaster County, NE Notice of 2012 General Election and Calendar

Originally published October 8, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Lancaster County, NE Notice of 2012 General Election and Calendar

UPDATED October 24, 2012: If you are looking for an Official Sample Ballot for Lancaster County, NE, it is now available – please click HERE Please allow a moment for the embedded documents to load… If for some reason you cannot see anything embedded here, click the alternate links to download the PDFs, listed at […]

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