NEBRASKA ELECTS ITS FIRST EVER KID GOVERNOR TODAY, A FIFTH GRADER AT MEADOWS ELEMENTARY IN RALSTON WAS VOTED TO REPRESENT CLASSROOMS NATIONWIDE. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S PETE CUDDIHY SPOKE WITH THE STUDENT TO FIND OUT HER PRIORITIES.

Kid Governor is new to Nebraska. Fifth-grade teacher Ben Billisbach at Meadows Elementary helped organize the election. “I was really excited hearing the actual election aspect where kids got to actually vote, be a part of an actual election. And being 10 or 11 years old is pretty cool,” Billisbach said.

Multiple ballot initiatives approved by voters in recent years have been targeted by lawmakers — calling into question more than just medical cannabis access.

High Turnout Wide Margins recently traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the 2025 summer convening of the Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions [PLEJ], and spoke with election officials from across the county — and world -- about the elections work they are doing in their communities.

Former President Joe Biden said in a post-election speech in Nebraska the "Democratic Party is back" and accused Donald Trump of wrecking the Constitution.