This November major issues will appear on the ballot in Nebraska beyond who's elected to the presidency.
The death penalty debate is heating up again, bot sides launching re-newed campaigns.
Last Wednesday, the advocated for abolishing the death penalty launched "Retain A Just Nebraska". But coming soon, the people who want to keep the death penalty will launch "Repeal the Repeal".
19:46:26 - Rod Edwards, state field director for NE for the Death Penalty.
"We think that the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for heinous murderers and we are going to do anything we can to make sure Nebraskans understand that and go out and vote in November," said Rod Edwards, state field director of Nebraskans for the Death Penalty.
Nine months from the general election, both sides are already gearing up for a fight to win over voters.
"It's just costing us money," said Lincoln Senator Colby Coash during a Retain A Just Nebraska commercial.
Nebraska hasn't carried out an execution since 1997. Supporters of the abolishment say capital punishment isn't cost effective.
However Edwards disagrees, "They try and say that the death penalty is more expensive--that is not accurate."
Edwards said opponents are tipping their hand by starting to advertise already.
"Our opposition is out there already with slick television ads 9 months before the election just goes to show that they know they have a lot of ground to make up," said Edwards.
The Nebraska legislature overrode a veto from Governor Pete Ricketts to abolish the death penalty in the state.
Since then, more than 166-thousand Nebraskans signed the petition to reinstate the death penalty.
Voters will decide which side will win in November.
