AFAN launches petition effort targeting election change in NE

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Penner part of ‘populist movement’

Kirk Penner of Aurora is one of several representatives of Advocates For All Nebraskans (AFAN).
Kirk Penner of Aurora is one of several representatives of Advocates For All Nebraskans (AFAN).

Advocates for All Nebraskans expanded its efforts to bring legislative solutions directly to the people through the ballot initiative process last week by launching the signature gathering phase for two constitutional amendments, both involving the electoral process. Defining their efforts as “not a partisan movement, but a populist movement,” AFAN leaders outlined a blueprint to reclaim the state…