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Measure targets health efforts
A proposed constitutional amendment would ban any state law that restricts a person's choice of private health care systems or insurance plans or that interferes with a person's choice to pay directly for medical care.
Nebraska gets ‘F’ on ballot initiative process
A new report gives Nebraska and 12 other states an "F" on the integrity of their ballot initiative processes.
Neb. ballot initiatives faulted
A new report gives Nebraska a failing grade on the integrity of its ballot initiative process.
Affirmative Action: Minority contracts no longer assured
Omaha city leaders hope - but can't guarantee - that minority-owned companies will get contracts to help build the new downtown ballpark this year. It also has sent the city and the University of Nebraska scrambling as they end programs that clearly violate the law, tweak scholarship requirements and strip from hiring policies newly banned language that mentions race, ethnicity or gender.
Neb. judge rejects affirmative-action ban lawsuit
A Nebraska judge has rejected a lawsuit that challenged the petition that led to a statewide ban on affirmative action.
6 of 26: Conservatives Lost Big on Ballot Measures While Progressives Made Significant Gains
The win record for conservatives this year is paltry -right-wing backers won only 23% of what they conceptualized and supported, and they failed to qualify even all that was attempted.
Hot-button social issues highlight state ballots
Social issues so volatile that the presidential campaigns sidestepped them will be on the ballots in several states next week, including measures that would criminalize most abortions, outlaw affirmative action and ban same-sex marriage in California, one of only three states that allows it.
Editorial: Vote no on Affirmative Action Ban
If the ability of universities and employers to grant preferential treatment, or to consider race when making hiring or admission decisions, is eliminated, college classrooms and work forces are likely to become less diverse.
Nebraska Petition Circulator Testifies in Signature Fraud Trial
A ballot circulator took the stand Tuesday, affirming the Nebraskans United organization's allegations of National Ballot Access petition fraud. National Ballot Access circulated a petition to put an initiative banning affirmative action practices in the state on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Ward Connerly Spars Against Equal Opportunity
Kristina Wilfore, executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which opposes Connerly's efforts, said his compensation is "out-of-whack with any nonprofit industry standards."
