41.   Education issues were among the most hard-fought and costly on statewide ballots.

42.   It will take a two-thirds vote by both the House and Senate to place the referendum on the statewide ballot.

43.   Nebraska is the only state with a statewide ballot measure that would impose term limits.

44.   The Reform Party, with its roots in the presidential campaigns of Dallas billionaire Ross Perot, will not be on the statewide ballot in November.

45.   Updated vote totals Thursday showed supporters of a financing plan for a new football-soccer stadium continuing to hold their lead on the statewide ballot measure.