BEATRICE – Election officials have a lot on their plates with an election coming up less than three weeks. Now they can add a lawsuit to the list.

Gov. Pete Ricketts, Attorney General Doug Petersen, Secretary of State Bob Evnen, Election Systems and Software Company of Omaha and all of the state’s elections commissioners are named as defendants in a lawsuit filed Monday in Lancaster County District Court.

The lawsuit, filed by Rick Hill, of Lincoln, alleges unconstitutional elections. The Gage County Board Wednesday opted to have legal counsel with the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association, or NIRMA, handle their defense in the lawsuit. Gage County Attorney Roger Harris spoke briefly about the October 17th court filing.

"I can't go into the details, because there's no point in it. In a very quick summary it just alleges that the elections are not done in a constitutional fashion and it brings in all kinds of stuff. Unless you have trouble sleeping at night, I wouldn't recommend you reading it, but that's up to you."

Harris said there is an advantage to coordinating with other counties and elected officials through the county association, where coverage is provided.

"It really is preposterous. This individual throws everything after it. It's one of those situations, I don't obviously know this individual, but he is from Lincoln. I don't know who is behind it or if it's all him. All I know is it ends up costing the taxpayers money. It's a pass-through that goes through our insurance carrier...it also has an effect on the trust that people have in our government and that's unfortunate."

The lawsuit seeks $10 billion in damages. It alleges failure to verify elections, fraud, stealing of elections, constitutional violations and is critical of gambling, among other things.

Nebraska holds its General Election, November 8th.