Dueling abortion measures make ballot, Nebraska Supreme Court decides
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court won’t stop the state’s voters from being the first nationally to weigh competing abortion-related initiatives on the same ballot since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.
The court weighed constitutional questions this week raised by three lawsuits: two seeking to block an abortion-rights amendment and one arguing that both measures should appear on the ballot or neither should reach it.
Justices, in a unanimous 7-0 ruling, decided both initiatives met the Nebraska Constitutional requirement that ballot measures cover no more than a single connected legal subject.
The court has typically applied the single-subject rule more strictly to ballot initiatives than to bills passed by the Legislature. Justices’ questions during Monday’s oral arguments hinted some were open to a broader view.
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/09/13/dueling-abortion-measures-make-ballot-nebraska-supreme-court-decides/