With entries for the May 14 primary closing at 5 p.m. Friday, only one county commissioner and North Platte City Council race apiece currently will require voters to eliminate candidates.
Incumbents had until 5 p.m. Thursday to file for most races on the May 14 primary ballot. Potential challengers have until 5 p.m. March 1 to decide whether to run.
Annual Lincoln County state audits show fewer problems after 2019 and 2021 departures of county treasurers. But they carry commonplace warnings that small governments run greater risks of fiscal missteps.
Candidates for federal, state, multicounty, county, city, village or school board offices in the 2024 elections can file starting Jan. 5, said Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen.
The Telegraph s final tax-tracker update for local governments 2023-24 "budget season" factors in the impacts of three state property tax credits on North Platte homes and Lincoln County ag operations.