OMAHA – Nebraska officials are taking all precautions possible for Tuesday’s primary election. Michelle Andahl, Sarpy County election commissioner, stated that “All of our poll workers have been supplied with N95 masks, hand sanitizer, gloves, Clorox wipes and polling places will be cleaned regularly as voters come through.” Tape will also be placed on the ground to ensure social distancing.

Brian Kruse, the election commissioner in Douglas County, stated that they will be taking similar precautions.

Also defining this historically different primary will be the number of citizens voting via absentee ballot. Usually Sarpy County receives approximately 5,000 requests to vote by mail. This year, the county has received 40,000. That number is over 1/3 of the registered voters in the county. In Douglass County, 139,000 mail-in-ballots have been requested. Kruse stated that it is recommended that the ballot be dropped off at one of the nine drop off locations by 8 p.m. Tuesday, but it is important to note that ballots cannot be dropped off at polling locations.

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