Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen denied a request Thursday to remove a voter referendum that seeks to repeal a new set of tax credits for donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds.
The request was made by State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of the Omaha area, who had introduced the bill last year that established the tax credits, Legislative Bill 753. She alleged that the referendum violated a section of the Nebraska Constitution that gives the power of taxation to the Legislature.