Nebraska voter ID law kept some votes from being counted but vast majority comply

[Omaha Steve]

FULL story: http://archive.today/KBgsp

Martha Stoddard 1 hr ago

LINCOLN — Hundreds of Nebraskans didn’t have their votes counted this year because of the state’s new voter identification law.

But election officials said the vast majority of people voting in the May primary and November general election complied with requirements to show photographic IDs before voting, whether they voted early at election offices, by mail or showed up at polling places on Election Day.

Secretary of State Bob Evnen said 99.95% of voters in the primary complied with the law and had their votes counted. Officials from the state’s two largest counties, Douglas and Lancaster, reported a similar pattern for the general election.
'I really think it went amazingly well'

Statewide numbers for the general election won’t be known until late this month, after all counties report results to the state, but Evnen said last week that “county election offices reported consistent voter turnout throughout Election Day with almost all voters prepared to fulfill the new voter ID requirement.”


A Douglas County Election Commission employee checks the ID of a voter picking up a ballot during the first day of early voting in Omaha on Oct. 7.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD

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[Walleye]

1. The solution to this problem is so simple, that they won't do it. They want to keep people from voting.

If a state insist on voter ID, they should issue a photo ID with every voter registration card. It’s that simple. You can send in your picture with your phone now.

[jimfields33]

2. It stunning that states just don't do this.

It’s the easiest thing.