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, something 26 states and Washington D.

Republican activists launched efforts Tuesday seeking to make sweeping changes to Nebraska's elections, including one proposal to eliminate the "Blue Dot."

A nonprofit group announced a campaign to gather signatures for two new initiatives aimed at conservative election goals.

The two proposed constitutional 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.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Advocates for All Nebraskans officially launched its signature-gathering campaign for two constitutional amendment campaigns.

“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.

Two ballot initiatives were announced Tuesday. One would switch Nebraska to "winner-take-all" presidential elections. Another would end the use of vote-counting and voting machines.

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.

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.

Since their devastating defeat in the 2024 election, Democrats have been confronting the party’s shortcomings, including their failure to connect with the working class. Tim Shenk, a historian and assistant professor at George Washington University,