Nebraska Measure on Transgender Athletes Projected to Pass

According to The Hill's report on the Nebraska vote, a ballot measure on transgender athletes in girls' sports was projected to pass, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Hill, whose report was written by Caroline Vakil and published on November 4, 2026, described the measure as a constitutional amendment known as Initiative Measure 442, and its headline stated that Nebraska voters approved a ban on transgender athletes in girls' sports.

The Hill further reported that the amendment would require public schools, both K-12 and colleges and universities, as well as any private schools that compete against them, to designate "biological sexes" for their sports teams. The summary of that report available for this account ends before describing any further provisions of the measure.

Politico reported, in a live update credited to Bianca Quilantan, that voters in Arizona and Nebraska approved what its headline called "transgender athlete bans". The available text of that update consists of its headline alone, so it provides no further detail about either state's measure, including its wording, vote totals, or timing. Politico's live coverage of the Arizona and Nebraska votes is the source for that account.

The two sources differ in how they describe the Nebraska result. The Hill attributed the outcome to a projection by Decision Desk HQ, while Politico's headline states that voters approved the bans without describing a projection. Both sources concern transgender athletes and school sports teams, but only The Hill's summary identifies the Nebraska measure by name. Neither source in the material available reports an official certified count.

This account relies only on the headlines and summaries of the two reports cited above and does not include the full text of either.

Sources: The Hill: Nebraska voters approve ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports; Politico: Arizona, Nebraska voters approve transgender athlete bans.