LINCOLN — An annual cleanup bill for elections was held up briefly Tuesday by State Sen. Beau Ballard’s proposal to let people living outside of Lincoln’s city limits vote in city elections.

The Lincoln lawmaker tried to tack a slimed down version of his Legislative Bill 951 onto State Sen. Rita Sanders of Bellevue’s Legislative Bill 1075, an annual update to the state’s election law. After it became clear that Ballard’s proposal wouldn’t be considered before cloture, he withdrew his amendment. Ballard said cities can tell people who live outside their limits what “they can do with their private property” without any say in who serves on the city council or who is the mayor.

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