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November 2, 2016 03:46 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/9mouXXoqS7E/nebraskas-billionaire-govern.html
Nebraska's billionaire governor couldn't preserve the death penalty through the law, so now he's buying a ballot initiative
Nebraska's hereditary billionaire GOP governor Pete Ricketts is furious that the state legislature keeps overriding his vetos -- that is, the elected lawmakers pass laws, he tries to block them, and they overturn him -- so he's made an election issue of the state's dormant death penalty, spending $400K to put it on the state ballot next week. (more…)
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