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Kay Siebler (right) hands in petitions in August 2022 for the Let Lincoln Vote group, which gathered signatures to let Lincoln voters decide whether the city should enact a fairness ordinance to expand discrimination protections to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

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A Lancaster County District judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to force the Lincoln City Council to reinstate the Fairness Ordinance, passed by the council in 2022 and rescinded four months later, or to put the matter to voters.

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