The extreme-right American Legislative Exchange Council copy-cat bill (meaning not written by or for our state) on Voter-ID is getting its public hearing today at the Unicam. Sen. Janssen, who is also running for Governor, brought this bill up last year and it got killed because there is no proof of Voter-ID fraud in our […]

Update, 3/28, 10:45am: Citizens won and right-wing ALEC and Janssen lost! We beat the “voter id” bill. Our votes are protected. Let’s now push for same day voter registration, online voter registration, statewide vote by mail and opening more accessible polling locations.  +++ Two bad bills–TransCanada’s loophole bill and Voter ID–are up for votes in the […]

Senator Janssen and Schilz are still pushing their voter suppression bill, LB 239. The bill not only will decrease the vote, it will cost taxpayers and local counties hundreds of thousands of dollars for a problem that doesn’t even exist in our state.  Senator Schilz has prioritized the voter ID bill which means it could […]

If years of watching election returns with my Reagan-Republican dad taught me nothing else, it’s that voting is the most sacred part of our democracy. I remember haranguing my parents every presidential election, even at the tender age of seven, asking if they’d gone to the polls. I couldn’t vote, so bygod, I made sure […]

Last night, at A Bold New Year, we shared our plans for 2012. Here are the issues we’re going to tackle and the commitments we’re making to you, our fellow Bold Nebraskans, for this year. We resolve, as citizens in small towns and urban communities, to stay engaged in issues that matter and to ensure […]

Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont introduced a bill — and promised to make it his “priority bill” — that would cost our state millions, decrease voting and “answers” a problem that does not even exist. The so-called “voter-ID law” is widely seen as a voting suppression tactic and is often criticized on numerous levels.  Janssen’s […]