Nebraska Detachment and Reestablishment Initiative (2008)
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The Detachment and Reestablishment Initiative was proposed as an initiative for the November 2008 ballot in Nebraska. Supporters threw in the towel in June.[1]
The group supporting the measure was called Citizens for a Free Nebraska. Jason Fuller is a leader in the group, which also was supporting the No Annexation Without a Vote Initiative.
Fuller said in early June 2008 that after realizing they won’t be able to collect the 80,000 signatures needed by the July 4 deadline, they suspended both petition drives, but plan to restart in July and shoot for the November 2010 ballot. [2]
Omaha’s annexation of Elkhorn in 2007 inspired the group to launch their petition drives. Organizers believe that annexed communities throughout the state should have the right to vote before a neighboring municipality annexes them. Current law allows Omaha to annex Douglas County towns of fewer than 10,000 residents without a vote. Lincoln is allowed to unilaterally annex towns of between 100 and 800 people.
