Proposed Term Limits for City Council Charter Amendment certified after petition pages reviewed

Nebraska AG says Lincoln must forward charter amendments to Nov. 3 ballot if signature goals are met

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers. June 30, 2023. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)LINCOLN — The Nebraska attorney general has waded into a fight in Lincoln over three proposed city charter amendments, opining that if a measure has enough valid signatures, Lincolnites must be given a chance to weigh in this November. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, in a nonbinding seven-page opinion Monday, said Lincoln officials have a “ministerial…

Proposed Term Limits for City Council Charter Amendment certified after petition pages reviewed

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Lancaster County Election Commissioner Todd Wiltgen announced the completion of the review of the petition signatures for the Term Limits for City Council Charter Amendment submitted by Good Government Lincoln. The City Council term limits proposal would institute term limits for city council members at two consecutive four year terms. Wiltgen said the election commission reviewed...

Lincoln term limits petition has enough signatures for ballot

Lincoln’s City Council term limits petition has enough valid signatures, but another hurdle remains before it can appear on the Nov. 3 ballot.