Lancaster County judge hears challenge to Nebraska K-12, collegiate sports ballot measure

By: Zach Wendling

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: September 4, 2026

Words: 1,037

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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LINCOLN — A Lincoln voter refiled a challenge this week to a ballot measure seeking to cement limits on public school sports participation to student-athletes’ sex at birth after the Nebraska Supreme Court declined to hear the lawsuit.

The case involves the Fairness for Girls campaign and whether language on circulated petitions — the “object statement” — sufficiently conveyed the purpose of the measure to prospective signers. Lincoln …

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