LINCOLN- While several states are bracing for potential conflicts with hostile poll watchers tomorrow, election officials in Nebraska don't share the same concern.

Election Commissioners from Douglas and Lancaster Counties both stated that the number of volunteer poll watchers that will be monitoring the general election tomorrow is slightly lower compared to 2020.

In other states around the country, there are growing concerns that poll workers will face disruption and hostility from a wave of aggressive new poll watchers, many of whom are largely fueled by false theories that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen.

Gavin Geis, executive director of Common Cause Nebraska, said they've yet to witness any signs of open hostility among the volunteers they've recruited alongside Civic Nebraska.

Steve Smith, a spokesperson for Civic Nebraska, said they'd signed up 65 volunteers, which is down from the 100 volunteers recruited in 2018 and 2020. "It seems like people are pretty burnt out on election work," said Geis.

In Nebraska, state law requires that groups hiring poll watchers must provide written notice to the county election official or Nebraska Secretary of State.

Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse said he doesn't anticipate any issues with the volunteer poll watchers, but has preemptively trained poll workers to de-escalate fiery situations.

Many of the states experiencing concerns over hostile poll watchers are those that either President Biden won in 2020, or those that President Trump won by a very slim margin.

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