Unlike some nights, the 8:45 p.m. release tonight in Douglas County could settle a lot of races, given how many mailed ballots people requested and returned by Monday.
Interesting to look down the ballot and see the Omaha street bond votes looking like they’re having a good night so far and some interesting races for Legislaure and county board looking like they could be fun.
And that @u_nebraska regents race, oh my. Could be a burner.
One thing to remember on any really close races in the #Omaha area: Douglas County won't open and count the mailed ballots dropped off on Election Day until Friday.
So some numbers could change, given the lines today at drop boxes around town.
Dig a little deeper and it looks like competition might be possible for the red/blue dot that President Obama won in 2008 but Mitt Romney and Trump won in 2012 and 2016.
Next round of Douglas County results coming at 10:45 p.m., then another round tonight expected around 11:45 p.m. There may be additional counts after. TBD.
Friday the county will count those early ballots returned on Election Day.
Yay! We've reached the school board portion of voting stories. This one from @emily_nitcher is about the @OmahaPubSchool board.
The 2020 #Nebraska primary already has the highest number of voters of any of the state's previous primary elections. 440,653 and rising. Hat tip, voters.
Crowd line outside the Tim Walz rally in La Vista.
Here’s the inside of the venue.
As long as signal allows, I'll live tweet. Here's what's going on today. Nebraska native Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor who Vice President Kamala Harris chose as her running mate, has come back.
The #Nebraska Legislature after dark tonight is discussing an unfriendly amendment to LB 1300 that opens the possibility of a test vote for the potential of changing the way the state awards its Electoral College votes. Most do not see the votes to clear a filibuster. (THREAD)
For people just tuning in: Many of the Democrats and a progressive registered nonpartisan in the officially nonpartisan unicameral (one-house) Legislature are extolling the virtues of continuing to split up Nebraska's electoral votes by congressional district.
At issue for some, including former President @realDonaldTrump, is that the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District remains one of the nation's most competitive. It voted for President @JoeBiden in 2020, sending one of the state's five electoral votes to the Democrat over Trump.
At the presser for the Support Our Schools group that says they have gathered nearly double the signatures they needed to get on the #Nebraska’s 2024 general election ballot. They’ve been delivering boxes to Sec of State.
Will try to tweet a little of the presser.
NSEA president Jenni Benson says the sheer number of signatures “sends a powerful message to elected officials and Nebraskans need them to listen. Nebraskans support public schools.”
Thread today @NEGOP’s State Central Committee meeting in Norfolk. They’re discussing typical party business. Some of the focus will be on a party constitutional amendment proposal to remove the voting power of four GOP-affiliated groups from state party’s Executive Committee.
The proposal from a 3rd District member, would make advisory members instead of voting members out of the Federation of Republican Women, Young Republicans, College Republicans and High School Republicans. The GOP chair could then exclude any of them from certain exec meetings.
This likely sounds like gobbledygook. Essentially, some partisans say they want to take away these votes because the groups side more often with the traditional wing of the GOP or the Ricketts wing. Some rural folks think the groups give unfair power to urban and suburban areas.
The folks handling Capitol Security and the redcoats are taking the step today of separating the supporters and opponents of Legislative Bill 626, a proposal to ban abortions in the state after an ultrasound detects embryonic cardiac activity.
There are already some folks here standing in the Rotunda who say they are against LB 626.