Nebraska, DOJ and Supreme Court
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Voting advocacy group Common Cause has appealed the ruling to the Nebraska Court of Appeals, which gave the case a docket number. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen has said he plans to hand over the voter data to the DOJ on Thursday.
A legislative committee advanced a proposal to change one word to two in the Nebraska Constitution about only citizens voting in elections.
A Lancaster County judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit a voting rights group filed against the Nebraska Secretary of State to prevent sharing voter information with the federal government.
Two proposals with competing visions for the future of voting in Nebraska show some differences between how the two major political parties approach voting regulations.