'Your voice is part of democracy' — After years in prison, Nebraska man votes for first time

'Your voice is part of democracy' — After years in prison, Nebraska man votes for first time

After years in prison, a Nebraska man voted for the first time Tuesday, casting a ballot more than two decades after he lost his right to vote in 1995.

As Omaha, Lincoln voters head to polls, debate reignites over low-turnout off-cycle city elections

As voters in two Nebraska cities head to the polls this month, an unlikely coalition of politicians are calling for future off-cycle city elections to be merged with the presidential ballot. For more than a century, state law has required…

As Omaha, Lincoln voters head to polls, debate reignites over low-turnout off-cycle city elections - Flatwater Free Press

Dave Richardson got his first taste of voting when his aunt Marjorie lifted him up to the polling booth and let him fill in the bubble next to Adlai Stevenson’s name on her 1952 presidential ballot.  For an 8-year-old infatuated with politics, it was “just like ice cream” — even though his chosen candidate fell short of winning the White House.  Now 80, the lifelong Omahan hasn’t missed an election since he came of legal voting age.  Growing up,…