I’ve e-mailed the committee members thanking them for the chance to testify at the hearing and asking whether the vote has been taken yet. I asked them to let me know how they voted and why. Should be interesting to see what they have to say.
My description of the hearing is at http://butterdezillion.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/committee-hearing-for-nebraska-lb-654/
The next step in this process is to network to find people who would be willing to collect signatures all over the state for a ballot initiative something like this:
“Any registered Nebraska voter shall have legal standing to challenge in expedited state court proceedings the legal eligibility of any candidate on the Nebraska ballot, provided that the legal challenge is filed before the beginning of the term of office the candidate is seeking through placement on that ballot.”
What the courts and now the legislature are saying is that it is none of our business whether the Constitution and laws are followed. If it’s not our business then why do we even vote? That whole idea that we should give the government our money and then go away, shut up, and let them do whatever they darn well please is against everything this country and this form of government are all about.
butterdezillion, I don’t know how you keep your sanity.
I appreciate all the research you have done.
The time has PASSED to abide by the law...our GOVERNMENT doesn’t even do it.
I suggest removing the tax payer funded “entitlement” to Viagra for WELFARE recipients in New York, and giving it to our congresscritters...........
THEY NEED IT. (EXCEPT Michelle Bachmann.)
I just read your blog and you gave excellent testimony Butter. Well measured and the right tone. :-)
A statewide petition would be a good idea. In Colorado, for a statutory initiative, “the number of valid signatures required for a successful petition effort is equal to 5% of the total number of votes cast for the office of Secretary of State in the preceding general election. The number of signatures required is the same for constitutional amendments, statutes, and referenda. “
I see that the total votes casted was 317,083 in 2010 for the office of Secretary of State. So 5% of 317,083 of the votes casted is a little over 15,000 signatures needed.
http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Colorado_signature_requirements
Lets see what’s required for Kansas...