Nebraska is holding the nation’s first in-person primary since a heavily criticized election in Wisconsin in the middle of the coronavirus crisis.
Election officials have repeatedly urged voters to cast early, mail-in ballots, but Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts and Secretary of State Bob Evnen both pledged to forge ahead with an in-person primary even though many other states have rescheduled theirs or switched to all-mail voting.
On Monday, Ricketts said members of the Nebraska National Guard would be on call to help short-staffed polling sites in eight counties, including the Omaha and Lincoln areas. He said Guard members would be dressed in civilian clothes, not their normal uniforms.A Guard spokesman said 135 members had gone through poll-worker training but would not be dispatched unless requested.
Ricketts said he had also waived a state law that requires poll workers to live in the county where they serve, largely because of a poll worker shortage.
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