LINCOLN- Gov. Ricketts made a statement saying, “Nebraska stands with Georgia and supports their work to promote integrity and access in voting.” The new controversial Georgia election law set tougher limits on voting than Nebraska. He went on to criticize the president, Coca-Cola and the MLB for their opposition to the law. However, Ricketts made no indication that he would like to see similar regulations in Nebraska. When asked about the state's election laws, he only endorsed changing to requiring voter identification.

Other states have been focusing on this issue after some of former President Trump's supporters believe the election which saw President Biden's victory was rigged, especially through early voting and mail-in ballots.

“The huge difference is that in Nebraska, we have a lot of autonomy for local election officials,” said John Cartier, director of voting rights for Civic Nebraska, a nonpartisan group based in Lincoln.

State Sen. Julie Slama introduced LR3CA in the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee this legislative session. LR3CA regulates election security and voter fraud through requiring identification. Opponents of the bill say this would prevent people from voting and would address a nonexistent problem. The committee remains deadlocked on the issue. LB590, introduced by Sen. Mike Groene would shorten the time period for mail-in voting to 20 days before the election date, down from the current 35. It would also shorten time for in-person only voting by 15 days.

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