Nebraska Voting Reform

Let's play "guess the voting tendencies!" In today's edition, we examine the Nebraska communities who are actually seeing any benefits of voting reform.

In December of 2004 the Vote Nebraska Initative released it's Final Report which included recommendations for increasing "Accessibilty to the Election System" one of these was a plan for "Satellite Voting", which means setting up small voting hubs in convenient places throughout the district, where people can come and register to vote, and vote, in the days leading up to the election.

...A trial version of Satellite Voting was started in Lancaster County, home of the capitol city, Lincoln. In October of 2005, Gale announced the first prospective Satellite Voting Sites. All three of the sites were located in areas of town where Democrats are heavily under-represented.

..."the decision regarding the locations is being made arbitrarily by the SOS and the County Elections Commissioner" said [Barry] Rubin [Executive Director, Nebraska Democratic Party].

...If you're a Nebraska Voter, Democrat or Republican, who cares about fair voting then you should write or email the Secretary of State John Gale and tell him that Accessible Voting is too important to be relegated to back-room deals, and that transparency and accountability are necessary to keep voters engaged in the democratic process.

john.gale@sos.ne.gov
John Gale, Secretary of State
Main Office, Suite 2300
State Capitol
Lincoln, NE 68509
(402)471-2554; Fax: (402)471-3237

At the top of the page is a link to fax via the web. I'm just sayin'...


Tags: Nebraska, Satellite Voting, election reform, John Gale, republicans