Colorado court decision, voter I.D. and election security...topics at Beatrice Rotary Club

BEATRICE – Nebraska’s Secretary of State doesn’t think much of the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling barring former President Donald Trump from that state’s ballot, for violating Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The ruling relates to whether Trump led an insurrection against the government, violating his constitutional oath.

Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen, speaking at Beatrice Rotary Club meeting Thursday, said he doesn’t find the Colorado court’s majority opinion persuasive.

Ultimately, the decision is likely to be made by the U.S. Supreme Court, which has several justices appointed by Trump. Evnen said its very important for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case to decide the issue in time for next year’s election.

Evnen says 2024 will be the first election for Nebraska’s new voter I.D. law, authorized by voters in November of 2022 and approved by legislation the past session.

Voters who forget to bring their I.D. will be able to vote provisionally and show their I.D. to their election commissioner within a week, to have the ballot counted.
The secretary of state’s office has produced a flyer explaining the I.D. requirement, and Evnen says soon, an educational campaign will begin.

Evnen said Nebraska’s elections are secure and ballot counting devices are tested for accuracy three times across the state, prior to every election. Mock elections are run….audits of voting are made after elections…and hand counts are used on randomly selected races.

Evnen encouraged those who want to learn more about elections to volunteer to be a poll worker.