# Advocates for All Nebraskans ends 2026 ballot petition drive  
**Published:** 2026-06-10T22:19:38.000Z  
**Source:** [Nebraska Examiner](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/06/10/advocates-end-nebraska-property-tax-winner-take-all-hand-count-ballots-petition-effort/)  
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LINCOLN, Neb. — A five-petition effort to address property taxes and reshape Nebraska elections has been abandoned before the July 2 deadline for signature submission, according to the Nebraska Examiner.

[Advocates For All Nebraskans](https://www.forallnebraskans.org/), led by former Nebraska Republican Party Chair Eric Underwood, confirmed that the campaign to gather signatures has ended. The group's 200 volunteers were targeting five separate ballot measures for the November 2026 election.

"I'm not going away, we're not going away," Underwood said. "We will continue to go to the people until lawmakers represent them."

The group had proposed measures to cut property taxes in half, cap property valuation increases at 3 percent, establish a $50,000 minimum salary for teachers, require hand-counted ballots in all elections, and shift Nebraska to a winner-take-all electoral vote system.

Underwood cited challenges in competing with paid circulators at public locations, describing a "disconnect" between volunteer and paid petition efforts. Volunteers reported receiving complaints from voters about being "accosted" by some paid circulators, he said. "We did not want to put our volunteers into the environment that the paid circulators were now, in essence, creating," Underwood said.

Despite ending the 2026 effort, Underwood indicated the group is not finished. [He announced plans to launch a local petition drive in Lincoln in the coming days](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/06/10/advocates-end-nebraska-property-tax-winner-take-all-hand-count-ballots-petition-effort/), suggesting the movement will continue at the local level.

To qualify for the November 2026 ballot, voter-led statutory changes require at least 7 percent of registered voters' signatures — approximately 90,000 — while constitutional amendments need 10 percent, roughly 126,000 signatures. Campaigns must also gather signatures from at least 5 percent of registered voters in at least 38 of Nebraska's 93 counties.

[Underwood did not disclose how many signatures his team had collected](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/08/25/petition-effort-seeks-to-halve-nebraska-property-taxes-cap-valuations/), noting that some petition pages were still being returned. The group reported no campaign finances, staying below the $5,000 threshold that would trigger disclosure requirements.

The effort reflects growing frustration among some Nebraska voters with the state legislature's inability to pass property tax relief. Property tax collections have increased by more than $2 billion over the past 11 years, even as lawmakers have repeatedly failed to find consensus on restructuring the state's tax system.

## Sources

- [Nebraska Examiner](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/06/10/advocates-end-nebraska-property-tax-winner-take-all-hand-count-ballots-petition-effort/)
- [Original announcement of the five petitions](https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/08/25/petition-effort-seeks-to-halve-nebraska-property-taxes-cap-valuations/)
- [Advocates For All Nebraskans official website](https://www.forallnebraskans.org/)

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