2008 Woodie Awards
Primary offers opportunity to voice choices in local affairs
Scott Stewart
Issue date: 5/2/08 Section: News
With final exams and projects on students' minds, many might forget that Nebraska's 2008 primary is rapidly approaching.
The primary will take place on May 13, with polls opening at 8 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m.
The deadline for voter registration is 6 p.m. today, which includes changing information like a new address or party affiliation.
Voters can request early voting ballots to be mailed until 4 p.m. on Wednesday from county election offices. The close of polls on May 13 is the deadline for those ballots' return. May 12 is the last day for in-person early voting at county election offices.
Even though the presidential races are essentially moot in Nebraska - as the Democratic caucus results trump primary results - voters will have the opportunity to express their opinion on a variety of state and local issues.
Republican candidate John McCain will be joined only by Ron Paul on the GOP ballot, while Nebraska Democrats caucused for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton by more than a two-to-one ratio during the February caucuses.
The Republican ballot will feature contests for a U.S. senator nomination between former Gov. Mike Johanns and Pat Flynn as well as the U.S. House of Representatives' second district nomination between Lee Terry and Steven Laird.
The Democratic ballot will feature similar contests among Larry Marvin, Scott Kleeb, James Bryan Wilson and Tony Raimondo for senators as well as Jim Esch and Richard N. Carter for representative. Esch and Carter participated in a debate at UNO on April 15.
In addition to political races, this year's primary ballot will include one special issue: A constitutional amendment to allow the investment of public endowment funds by cities authorized by the Nebraska Constitution to establish a charter.
Two University of Nebraska Board of Regents seats are being voted on as well. Regent Howard Hawks is running unopposed for the District 2 seat, representing Washington, Saunders, Cass counties as well as parts of Douglas and Sarpy counties.
Regent Charles S. Wilson will not seek another term as regent for District 1, representing parts of Lancaster County. Tim Clare (clareforregent.com), Don Costello (costelloforregent.com) and Earl Scudder (scudder4regent.com) are running for his seat.
For more information about the primary, voters can visit the Nebraska secretary of state's Web site at sos.ne.gov/elect/2008. Douglas County's Election Commission's Web site is votedouglascounty.com, Sarpy County's is sarpy.com/election and Lancaster County's is lincoln.ne.gov/cnty/election.
Sample ballots are available from both the secretary of state's and country election commission's Web sites. Voters can also check their registration status and polling place online at votercheck.necvr.ne.gov.
The primary will take place on May 13, with polls opening at 8 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m.
The deadline for voter registration is 6 p.m. today, which includes changing information like a new address or party affiliation.
Voters can request early voting ballots to be mailed until 4 p.m. on Wednesday from county election offices. The close of polls on May 13 is the deadline for those ballots' return. May 12 is the last day for in-person early voting at county election offices.
Even though the presidential races are essentially moot in Nebraska - as the Democratic caucus results trump primary results - voters will have the opportunity to express their opinion on a variety of state and local issues.
Republican candidate John McCain will be joined only by Ron Paul on the GOP ballot, while Nebraska Democrats caucused for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton by more than a two-to-one ratio during the February caucuses.
The Republican ballot will feature contests for a U.S. senator nomination between former Gov. Mike Johanns and Pat Flynn as well as the U.S. House of Representatives' second district nomination between Lee Terry and Steven Laird.
The Democratic ballot will feature similar contests among Larry Marvin, Scott Kleeb, James Bryan Wilson and Tony Raimondo for senators as well as Jim Esch and Richard N. Carter for representative. Esch and Carter participated in a debate at UNO on April 15.
In addition to political races, this year's primary ballot will include one special issue: A constitutional amendment to allow the investment of public endowment funds by cities authorized by the Nebraska Constitution to establish a charter.
Two University of Nebraska Board of Regents seats are being voted on as well. Regent Howard Hawks is running unopposed for the District 2 seat, representing Washington, Saunders, Cass counties as well as parts of Douglas and Sarpy counties.
Regent Charles S. Wilson will not seek another term as regent for District 1, representing parts of Lancaster County. Tim Clare (clareforregent.com), Don Costello (costelloforregent.com) and Earl Scudder (scudder4regent.com) are running for his seat.
For more information about the primary, voters can visit the Nebraska secretary of state's Web site at sos.ne.gov/elect/2008. Douglas County's Election Commission's Web site is votedouglascounty.com, Sarpy County's is sarpy.com/election and Lancaster County's is lincoln.ne.gov/cnty/election.
Sample ballots are available from both the secretary of state's and country election commission's Web sites. Voters can also check their registration status and polling place online at votercheck.necvr.ne.gov.
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Joseph
posted 5/13/08 @ 3:49 PM CST
YEah!!! Go Ron Paul. He's against the War in Iraq, he's against us depreciating the dollar, and he is for the American peoples freedom.
If a candidate isn't talking about how he is going to limit government when he is in office, then I can assume he's up to no good. (Continued…)
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