Lincolnites favor changing timing of city elections, limiting terms of City Council members

By: Zach Wendling

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: November 5, 2026

Words: 878

Last Updated: 4 days, 5 hours ago

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LINCOLN — Voters in Nebraska’s capital city widely favored ending off-year elections after 2029 and limiting Lincoln City Council members to two consecutive four-year terms.

Lincoln voters saw five city charter amendments on their ballot. Of those, the conservative-led Good Government Lincoln campaign and the blue leadership of the city of Lincoln proposed competing ideas around whether to change Lincoln’s practice of …

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