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Nebraska's Secretary of State-elect wants to shorten mail-in voting

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 05:03 · Archive

Nebraska Secretary of State-elect Scott Petersen said he wants to change the state's mail-in voting process, though any change would require lawmakers to act.

Nebraska Secretary of State-elect Scott Petersen said he wants to shorten the state's 35-day mail-in voting period. Petersen, a Republican, defeated Democrat Sarah Slattery with 54 per cent of the vote and will be sworn in on 7 January. The Nebraska secretary of state oversees elections, but the state legislature writes the rules for voting procedures.

Petersen said the current 35-day mail-in period is problematic. 'I think that 35-day mail-in period almost incentivizes outside money to come into Nebraska and harvest ballots for 35 days,' he said, claiming 'it corrupts our elections'. However, he acknowledged that 'we can't prove that there's problems with Nebraska systems'. He said the bigger concern is public confidence in the voting process.

Petersen said he does not want to eliminate mail-in voting but would prefer to 'get back to that one-day election with true absentee voting'. Any changes would require action by the state legislature. Jan McKenzie, president of the League of Women Voters of Greater Omaha, said the legislative process includes checks and balances. She said she does not expect changes to mail-in ballots, stating that lawmakers 'would have to go through a process with it'.

Nebraska's Secretary of State-elect wants to shorten mail-in voting
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In this story: Scott Petersen · Sarah Slattery · Nebraska · League of Women Voters of Greater Omaha · Jan McKenzie

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