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LINCOLN — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot in Nebraska.

Secretary of State John Gale announced Friday that her supporters had submitted 5,388 valid signatures to add her name to the ballot. She needed 2,500 signatures to qualify.

Although Stein is the nominee of the Green Party, she will be identified on the Nebraska ballot with the words “by petition” next to her name.

The Green Party did not submit petitions to be a recognized party in Nebraska for the 2016 general election, Gale said.

He said Stein’s supporters turned in just over 7,800 signatures on August 1, the deadline for presidential candidates to petition for inclusion on the ballot.

Of that total, 2,445 signatures or about 31 percent were rejected. Most were rejected because the signer was not registered to vote in Nebraska or was not registered in the county indicated on the petition sheet.

Stein joins Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump and Libertarian Gary Johnson on the ballot.

The Marijuana Party of Nebraska also had submitted signatures to put a candidate on the ballot but came up short when the signatures were checked by election officials.

Contact the writer: 402-473-9583, martha.stoddard@owh.com

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