LINCOLN — After surviving a wave of lawsuits filed over the past few weeks, Nebraska’s general election ballot with retain measures on abortion policies and a partial repeal of a new private school scholarship law.
Secretary of State Bob Evnen certified the 2024 ballot Friday afternoon, leaving in six submitted ballot initiatives, several of which faced legal challenges. Earlier the same day, the Nebraska Supreme Court rejected four lawsuits challenging three initiatives. One more lawsuit on a different initiative is still pending through district court.
The ballot measures up for voter approval this November are:
Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans – Upon voter approval, Nebraska employers with fewer than 20 workers must offer at least five days of paid sick leave per year, or one hour for every 30 hours worked. Employers with 20 or more workers must offer at least seven days per year. The requirements would take effect in October 2025.
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Protect Our Rights – Amend the Nebraska Constitution to establish the right to an abortion up until “fetal viability,” which is generally considered to be 23 to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Protect Women and Children – Amend the Nebraska Constitution to ban abortions beyond the first trimester of pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, incest and medical emergencies.
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana – Two measures that together would legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska. One initiative would allow qualified patients to use marijuana for medical conditions with the recommendation of a health care provider. The initiative would provide legal protection for those providers and would allow caregivers to assist patients in using medical marijuana, if necessary.
The second initiative would set up the regulatory process for the manufacture and distribution of medical marijuana to patients.
Support Our Schools Nebraska – Repeal the first section of Legislative Bill 1402, removing the program and funding mechanism that would allocate $10 million per year for scholarships to K-12 private and parochial schools.
Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of September 2024
Creighton’s Norah Sis (2) spikes the ball past USC’s Mia Tuaniga (91) in a college volleyball match at Sokol Arena in Omaha on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.
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Creighton’s Kiara Reinhardt (5), left, embraces Kendra Wait (15) as they celebrate a point against USC in a college volleyball match at Sokol Arena in Omaha on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.
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Creighton’s Kendra Wait (15), left, and Elise Goetzinger (13) try to block the ball against USC in a college volleyball match at Sokol Arena in Omaha on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.
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Craig Dykers, Snøhetta architect, talks about the space outside The Phillip G. Schrager Collection at The Joslyn in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.
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Sunlight shines through windows inside The Joslyn in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.
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Nebraska’s Bergen Reilly (2) and Andi Jackson (15) go up to block against Citadel’s Ali Ruffin (18) during the first set of a college volleyball match at the Devaney Center in Lincoln on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.
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Elkhorn North’s Leah Robinson runs during the Platte River Rumble at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park in Ashland on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.
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A large cluster of runners starts close together at the start of the Large School Varsity boys 5k in the Platte River Rumble at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park in Ashland on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.
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A large cluster of runners starts close together at the start of the Large School Varsity Boys 5k in the Platte River Rumble at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park in Ashland on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.
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Liana Pendley, of Plattsmouth, Neb., carries red balloons prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Colorado Buffaloes in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.
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The Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band line up before a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Colorado Buffaloes in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.
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Nebraska’s Dante Dowdell (23) jumps over Colorado’s Shilo Sanders (21) with the ball during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.
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