Lincoln City's Good Government group, led by former State Sen. Tony Fulton, has filed three petitions with the Lincoln City Clerk's Office to change the city's elections. The group aims to give suburban and rural voters city voting power, add term limits to Lincoln City Council members, and change the timing of local elections. Fulton, a Lincoln business owner who served as tax commissioner under former Gov. Pete Ricketts, said the goal is to increase voter participation and ensure 'everyone has a voice on who represents them.' The campaign will need signatures from at least 5% of registered Lincoln voters during the state's last gubernatorial race, in November 2022. Lancaster County Election Commissioner Todd Wiltgen told the Nebraska Examiner that the campaign will need signatures from at least 5,000 voters. Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, a Democrat who has led Lincoln's capital city since 2019, has blasted Fulton's camp, calling the petitions 'MAGA partisan plans designed to distract the community from the mayor and the council's successful efforts to keep the community safe, fix our streets and stand up for Lincoln's working families.' The Examiner obtained the petition language under a public records request to the Lincoln City Clerk's Office following Gaylor Baird's post. The deadline for a political subdivision to certify a special issue for inclusion on the Nov. 3 ballot is Sept. 1.