Nebraska
100 years ago, a Nebraska Republican fought for democracy reform
“The national open primaries movement has been working for years to build this kind of critical mass. It’s a huge accomplishment,” said Jeremy Gruber, senior vice president of the nonpartisan reform group Open Primaries.
The organization’s president, John Opdycke, and former presidential candidate and Forward Party founder Andrew Yang are slated to co-host a Virtual Open Primaries Rally to support the measures that advance reform and protect it where it’s threatened.
The event is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 21, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern. Open Primaries promises attendees “will walk away with a deep appreciation for the incredible work each of these campaigns has done to give voters a powerful way to impact our political system.”
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In total, there are eight measures in 2024 that affect primary elections – and in a few cases, voting reform as well:
Alaska: The “No on 2” campaign is fighting a ballot measure that would repeal the nonpartisan top-four primary with ranked-choice voting in the general election reform voters approved in 2020.
Arizona: Proposition 140 ends taxpayer-funded partisan primaries in the state and requires state lawmakers or the secretary of state to adopt a nonpartisan system.
Colorado: Initiative 310 implements a nonpartisan top-four primary system with ranked-choice voting in the general election.
Idaho: Proposition 1 implements a nonpartisan top-four primary system with ranked-choice voting in the general election.
Montana: CI-126 implements a nonpartisan top-four primary system.
Nevada: Question 3 implements a nonpartisan top-five primary system with ranked-choice voting in the general election.
South Dakota: Amendment H implements a nonpartisan top-two primary system.
Washington, D.C.: Initiative 83 opens the city’s partisan primaries to independent voters. Registered party members would still vote in their respective party’s primary. It also implements ranked choice voting for all District elections.
“We have a real opportunity to create meaningful reform across the country this November,” Gruber said. “The success of some or hopefully all of them will mean a serious step forward in democracy reform.”
Registered independent voters outnumber members of both major parties in three of the states with reform on the ballot: Alaska, Colorado, and Nevada. Nationally, polling shows a majority of voters in the US identify as politically independent.
“I don’t think it is a coincidence that the same year Gallup found that 51 percent of Americans are now independent is the same year the largest group of ballot initiatives for open primaries is going to appear on the ballot,” Gruber said.
He added that the growth of independent voters “is forcing reform at every level of government and we are excited to help enforce and grow the movement to make sure every voter gets to vote for anyone they want in every election.”
Combined, the eight ballot measures in 2024 impact the voting rights of more than 4.5 million citizens.
In Arizona, for example, 1.26 million voters are registered unaffiliated. A nonpartisan primary system would create a primary ballot open to all voters and candidates, including independents and 300,000 Arizonans registered third party or “Other.”
Meanwhile, in Alaska, returning to a closed partisan primary system would mean cutting out over 60 percent of the registered electorate from taxpayer-funded elections.
Arizona, Colorado and Montana have partisan primary systems that allow independent voters to participate without changing their registered affiliation, but they limit choice to the candidates of a single party.
Nonpartisan primaries would allow all voters to choose any candidate they want. But it is not just that open primaries are on the ballot in 7 states and DC. Gruber emphasized the diversity in approaches to primary reform.
“Not only are there going to be eight separate ballot initiatives around open primaries for voters to vote on this November, but they comprise 5 separate forms of open primaries. It is an incredibly diverse and rich landscape of activity,” he explained.
He added that there is no “one size fits all” policy.
“Every state is coming to the issue of primary reform and the need to enfranchise the largest group of voters in the country with very different perspectives about what will work in their state and what is the right path forward for their state,” he said.
The campaigns behind each initiative are focused on getting out the vote this election and tout broad support for their proposals. However, they also face their own unique challenges from opposition primarily from the parties and special interest groups in power.
Each campaign will have a spokesperson present at the Virtual Open Primaries Rally to speak to their momentum, their support, and the barriers they’ve overcome ahead of Election Day. Attendees are encouraged to directly engage with them in a live Q&A.
“All of those leaders will be at this rally to explain how they got to where they are and their particular version of reform and why it matters in their state,” Gruber said. Open Primaries has also teased a special guest or two that will make an appearance at the event.
Along with Open Primaries and the Forward Party, the Virtual Open Primaries Rally is sponsored by Unite America, Independent Voting, Independent Voter Network, and Veterans for All Voters.
“Open Primaries has been fighting for primary reform for literally decades, long before it became a reform that people even thought was legitimate,” Gruber remarked.
“To be able to see the movement growing and expanding with new people and organizations entering it every day is incredibly gratifying, because we will have to continue to grow this movement in order to really succeed at changing democracy around the country and enfranchising every independent voter who wants to vote in the primary.”
Representatives from these organizations will also be on hand to engage in the live discussion. Voters can register for the event here, and are encouraged to invite family, friends, and colleagues to show up en masse for primary reform in 2024.
Nebraska
Kaleb Henry Guest Hosts ‘Husker Rewind’: First Half Grades, 5-1 Mentality, Nate Rohr, Tonia Tauke-Dorn
HuskerMax’s Kaleb Henry filled in for Tom Stephens to host “Husker Rewind” with Mike Melbye Sunday. The show airs every Sunday from 5-7 p.m. on KLIN radio in Lincoln, Nebraska.
In the first hour Mike and Kaleb talked about the mentality of Husker fans through the off week, KLIN Sports Director Nate Rohr’s thoughts on the season so far, and midseason grades for Nebraska football’s offense, defense, and special teams.
In the second hour, the guys recapped the rest of Big Ten football’s action from this weekend, chatted Husker volleyball with former player Tonia Tauke-Dorn, and delved into the “Picks of Density”.
“Picks of Density” games:
#6 Miami (-4.5) @ Louisville
South Carolina @ Oklahoma (-2.5)
#7 Bama (-1.5) @ #11 Tennessee
#24 Michigan (-2.5) @ #22 Illinois
#5 Georgia @ #1 Texas (-3.5)
Bengals (-3.5) @ NY Giants
#25 NU @ #16 Indiana (-4.5)
Watch the full episode above.
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BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana football team got to watch a series of wild finishes from the comfort of home this weekend.
The Hoosiers (6-0; 3-0 Big Ten) were on a bye as No. 3 Oregon, No. 5 Penn State, No. 7 Alabama, No. 9 Tennessee, No. 10 LSU, No. 19 Kansas State, No. 23 Illinois and No. 24 Pittsburgh all prevailed in one possession games.
They moved up two spots to No. 18 in the top 25 of the US LBM Coaches Poll as one of just 11 unbeaten teams left in the FBS. Oregon, Penn State and IU sit atop the Big Ten standings with identical records.
Indiana opens up the second half of the 2024 season at noon on Saturday against a Nebraska team also coming off a bye. The Cornhuskers (5-1; 2-1) won the last meeting between the teams, 35-21, in 2022, but they haven’t visited Bloomington since the 2016 season.
During the bye week, IU announced it will be the program’s first sell out since the 2021 season. The Hoosiers will also welcome Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff — the network’s weekly pre-game show featuring the likes of Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn and Urban Meyer — to Bloomington on Saturday.
The show broadcasts live from a different college campus each week.
Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
Nebraska Cornhusker Harper Murray (27) runs out on the court for warm-ups before taking on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker fan watching warm-ups before the match against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker defense specialist pose for a photo before the match against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker head coach John Cook talks to Rutgers Scarlet Knight head coach Caitlin Schweihofer before the match during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Former Husker Brianna Holman talks with head coach John Cook before the match against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Maisie Boesiger (7) has a pink ribbon in her hair for breast cancer awareness during a college volleyball match against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker fans swtich their regular signs for pink ones during a college volleyball match against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhuskers standing with pink roses for the Pink Out match against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Bergen Reilly (2) holds a rose for the breast cancer awareness match against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Lindsay Krause (22) presents a rose to her mom Joanna Drapper a breast cancer survivor before the match against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraskan and Rutgers Scarlet Knight libero Kenzie Dyrstad (3) gives high fives to her teammates when introduced before taking on the Huskers during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Lexi Rodriguez (8) throws out a mini volleyball before taking on Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Andi Jackson (15) and Merritt Beason jump up to block Rutgers Scarlet Knight outside hitter Avery Jesewitz (17) during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Harper Murray (27) tips the ball over Rutgers Scarlet Knight middle blocker Natalie Robinson (9) and Aly Borellis during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Taylor Landfair (12) spikes the ball against Rutgers Scarlet Knight setter Aly Borellis (5) during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Leyla Blackwell (11) blocks the ball against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Harper Murray (27) spikes the ball against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Rebekah Allick (5) and Taylor Landfair jump to block a shot from the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Merritt Beason (13) spikes the ball against Rutgers Scarlet Knight outside hitter Avery Jesewitz (17) during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Bergen Reilly (2) sets the ball against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Laney Choboy (6) digs the ball against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Harper Murray (27) digs the ball against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Rebekah Allick (5) and Taylor Landfair block a shot from the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Bergen Reilly (2) celebrates with Leyla Blackwell against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Leyla Blackwell (11) celebrates a point against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Harper Murray (27) spikes the ball against Rutgers Scarlet Knight middle blocker Ece Emrullah (13) and Aly Borellis during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Harper Murray (27) spikes the ball against Rutgers Scarlet Knight middle blocker Ece Emrullah (13) and Aly Borellis during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Lindsay Krause (22) spikes the ball against Rutgers Scarlet Knight middle blocker Ece Emrullah (13) and Alissa Kinkela during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Lexi Rodriguez (8) digs the ball against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Lindsay Krause (22) spikes the ball against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraskan and Rutgers Scarlet Knight libero Kenzie Dyrstad (3) digs the ball against the Nebraska Cornhuskers during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Harper Murray (27) celebrates a point against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhusker Harper Murray (27) scores match point for a sweep against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhuskers celebrates a sweep against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
Nebraska Cornhuskers huddle up after the win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during a college volleyball match Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by John S. Peterson.
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