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At least one thing is certain: It won't say Kansas.

Gov. Pete Ricketts will unveil Nebraska's new standard license plate design Tuesday during a 10 a.m. news conference at the Capitol.

The Department of Motor Vehicles will begin issuing the new plates in January, replacing the meadowlark and goldenrod plates in circulation since 2011.

Chances are Tuesday's announcement won't be as meme-worthy as the last go-around.

Before then-Gov. Dave Heineman unveiled the meadowlark plates in 2009, a prank by the website CollegeHumor.com resulted in the wrong design winning an online competition.

College Humor had encouraged its users to vote for a "boring" gray, red and black plate, and the state initially announced that as the winner.

Three days later, the state had learned its lesson and the real winner was announced.

No competition was held this year.

The new plates were designed in-house at the DMV, with help from 3M, the state's license plate vendor.

Reach the writer at 402-473-7234 or zpluhacek@journalstar.com. On Twitter @zachamiLJS.

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