Nebraska voters will choose elected officials for five partisan offices on November 2, 2010: Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, and Auditor. For three of those five offices, the Democratic Party currently has no nominee. No one ran in the May 11 Democratic primary for Attorney General or Auditor. One Democrat, Mark Lakers, did run in Democratic primary for Governor, but he recently withdrew from the race. See this story.
Democrats have the option of choosing nominees at the state convention on July 23-25.
No parties, other than the two major parties, are on the ballot now, although the Libertarian Party is petitioning. That petition is due August 1 and requires 5,921 valid signatures.
NONPARTISAN App.V. for all elected executive offices and all judges.
NO primaries, caucuses and conventions are needed.
Richard:
What happened to the Nebraska (Independent) Party?
They were ballot-qualified in 2008.
In 2008, the Green, Libertarian, and Nebraska Parties all failed to get enough votes to remain on the ballot. They couldn’t get 5% for President or US Senator.
5% of the vote for president?! And here I thought Oklahoma was the worst ballot access state! Shame on them cornhuskers!