Secretary of State Listening Sessions on Ballot Initiatives

Public hearings scheduled for general election ballot measures

The Nebraska Secretary of State’s office is required by law to hold public hearings on general election ballot initiatives, in each of Nebraska’s three congressional districts. In the First Congressional District, the hearings will be in the State Capitol, Room 1525, on the following schedule (all times are in the Central Time Zone):

Monday, Oct. 14
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. CT Paid Sick Leave Initiative (436)
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CT Medical Cannabis Patient Protection & Regulation initiatives (437 & 438)
Tuesday, Oct. 15
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. CT Protect Women and Children Constitutional Amendment (434)
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CT Protect the Right to Abortion Constitutional Amendment (439)
Wednesday, Oct. 16
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CT Private Education Scholarship Partial Referendum (435)

For more information, including links to information pamphlets prepared by the Secretary of State Elections Division, and dates & locations for listening sessions in other congressional districts, see https://sos.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/news-releases/Public%20hearings%20scheduled%20for%20general%20election%20ballot%20measures.pdf.