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Nebraska Libertarian Party begins ballot access petition drive

By on April 10, 2010 11:53 AM

Posted at http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/nebraska-lp-begins-ballot-access-petition-drive

from the Libertarian Party of Nebraska:

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF NEBRASKA MOUNTS BALLOT INITIATIVE
Party Begins Petition Drive to Regain Ballot Access in Nebraska

OMAHA – April 3, 2010—Libertarian Party of Nebraska (LPNE) Chairman Gene Siadek issued the following statement concerning the Party’s petition initiative:

“The two-party system has failed to produce liberty-centered results at any level of government.…

Ballot Access News: ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Three Nebraska Ballot Access Restrictions

By on December 16, 2009 6:40 PM

Posted at Ballot Access News:

On December 16, the ACLU Voting Rights office filed a lawsuit in federal court against three Nebraska ballot access restrictions: (1) a law passed in 2007 that requires statewide independent candidate petitions (for office other than president) to include at least 50 signatures from each of 31 counties; (2) a law passed in 2008 that makes it illegal for out-of-state circulators to work in the state; (3) an older law that requires petitions that are circulated by a paid circulator to have printed in 16-point type, and in red, “This petition is circulated by a paid circulator.”…

Nebraska No Longer Recognizes Third Parties

By Morgan Brykein on March 23, 2009 11:59 AM

The Libertarian Party, Green Party, and Nebraska Party (Nebraska affiliate of the Constitution Party) are no longer recognized in Nebraska, after their candidates for US Senate failed to gain more than five percent of the vote.…

No bill in Nebraska to improve ballot access

By paulie on January 26, 2009 4:42 PM

Ballot Access News:

Even though the Nebraska Director of Elections tried to find a sponsor in the legislature for a bill to make it easier for a party to remain on the ballot, no such bill has been introduced, and the deadline for new bills has passed.…

Barr/Root ticket makes Nebraska ballot

By PJO on June 26, 2008 4:10 AM

The Libertarian Party’s national ticket of Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root has qualified for the Nebraska ballot, the AP reports. LP activists needed “about 6,000 signatures from voters and say they gathered nearly 10,000.…

Nebraska dumps fair play

By Gregg Jocoy on June 5, 2008 8:32 PM

Apparently the American Legion Boys State hosted a debate today between the Republican and Democratic nominees for US Senate from Nebraska, and kept Steve Larrick from participating in the debate.…