Lancaster County, Nebraska: your ballot for Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to authorize the enactment of laws allowing persons located within Nebraska to place sports wagers through an Internet-based platform when offered by an authorized gaming operator conducting games of chance within a licensed racetrack enclosure in Nebraska?

A vote AGAINST means the Nebraska Constitution will not be amended in this manner.

Official text: sos.nebraska.gov

Initiative 441: Online Sports Wagering Regulation

For or against

Statewide

Shall statutes be enacted that: (1) Allow persons located within Nebraska to place sports wagers through an Internet-based platform when offered by an authorized gaming operator conducting games of chance within a licensed racetrack enclosure in Nebraska or the operator's platform provider; and (2) Regulate such sports wagers?

A vote AGAINST means no such statutes will be enacted.

Official text: sos.nebraska.gov

Initiative 442: Fairness for Girls

For or against

Statewide

Shall the Nebraska Constitution be amended to provide: (1) Schools must expressly designate each athletic team or sport as one of the following based on biological sex: (a) Males, men, or boys; (b) females, women, or girls; or (c) coed or mixed; and (2) Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls shall not be open to students of the male sex?

A vote AGAINST means the Nebraska Constitution will not be amended in this manner.

Official text: sos.nebraska.gov

Local ballot questions

City of Lincoln Ballot Question 1: volleyball sports complex (Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act)

For or against

City of Lincoln voters

Shall the City of Lincoln, Nebraska establish a volleyball sports complex economic development project as described above by appropriating annually from state assistance received by the City pursuant to the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act?

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

City of Lincoln Ballot Question 2: align city elections with statewide elections beginning in 2028

For or against

City of Lincoln voters

Shall Articles III and IV of the Lincoln City Charter be amended to align city elections with statewide elections beginning in 2028 so that mayoral and district council member elections are held in both 2027 and 2028; and that at-large council members elected in 2025 shall serve until their successors are elected in 2030; and that elected terms of a length different than four-years due to this provision shall count as a four-year term for purposes of term limits?

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

City of Lincoln Ballot Question 3 (city's alternative amendment): align city elections with statewide elections beginning in 2030

For or against

City of Lincoln voters

Shall Articles III and IV of the Lincoln City Charter be amended to align city elections with statewide elections beginning in 2030 so that mayoral and district council member elections are held in both 2027 and 2030; and that at-large council member elections are held in both 2029 and 2032; and that elected terms of a length different than four-years due to this provision shall count as a four-year term for purposes of term limits?

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

City of Lincoln Ballot Question 4: council term limit of two consecutive four-year terms

For or against

City of Lincoln voters

Shall Article III, Section 4 of the Charter be amended to provide that council members shall not be qualified to hold office for more than two consecutive four-year terms?

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

City of Lincoln Ballot Question 5 (city's alternative amendment): council term limit of three consecutive four-year terms

For or against

City of Lincoln voters

Shall Article III, Section 4 of the Charter be amended to provide that council members shall not be qualified to hold office for more than three consecutive four-year terms?

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

City of Lincoln Ballot Question 6: let residents of the three-mile zoning jurisdiction vote in city elections

For or against

City of Lincoln voters

Shall Article III, Section 2 and Article IV, Section 2A of the Charter be amended to allow all citizens residing in the three-mile extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction around the city, but not within the city's corporate limits, to vote in its elections?

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

Freeman Public Schools school bond (Gage County School District 0034)

For or against

Freeman Public Schools district voters

Bonds not to exceed $13,995,000 for a new building on the existing campus including career and trades education and additional classrooms, renovating portions of the existing building, equipment, and related site improvements. Full official text in the notice.

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

Village of Denton Board of Trustees recall

For or against

Village of Denton voters

Shall Amanda Fangmeier be removed from the office of the Village of Denton Board of Trustees?

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

Village of Raymond sales and use tax (1.5%)

For or against

Village of Raymond voters

Proposal to impose a 1.5% local sales and use tax allocated to capital and infrastructure improvements including streets, utilities, parks, landscaping, beautification and tree planting. Full official text in the notice.

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

Village of Sprague sales and use tax (1.5%)

For or against

Village of Sprague voters

Shall the governing body impose a sales and use tax in the amount of 1.5% upon the same transactions within the village on which the State of Nebraska is authorized to impose a tax? Full official text in the notice.

Official text: www.lancaster.ne.gov

Judges up for retention

Shall the judge be retained in office?

Yes or no on each

Dirk V. BlockNebraska Workers' Compensation Court (statewide, 6-year term)
Thomas E. StineNebraska Workers' Compensation Court (statewide, 6-year term)
Kevin R. McManamanDistrict Court, District 3 (6-year term)
Andrew JacobsenDistrict Court, District 3 (6-year term)
Darla IdeusDistrict Court, District 3 (6-year term)
Matthew O. MellorDistrict Court, District 3 (6-year term)
Rodney D. ReuterCounty Court, District 3 (6-year term)

Official list: Lancaster County notice of election