LINCOLN - A public hearing on a bill to improve the security of ballot drop boxes on Wednesday turned into a forum for alleging irregularities about the conduct of the 2020 elections.

Despite assurances from state senators and one of the state’s top election officials that all allegations of fraud had been thoroughly investigated and dismissed, members of an organization called the Nebraska Voter Accuracy Project claimed there had been widespread fraud during the election.

One member of said group, Connie Reinke of Lincoln, claimed that roughly 4,000 ballots cast in Nebraska in 2020 did not correspond to actual, registered voters.

Another member, Larry Ortega of Bellevue, claimed their group had identified dozens of people who slipped up to eight ballots at a time in ballot drop boxes.

Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha pointed out that it is not illegal to drop ballots off for others who are not able to do so. She cited that nursing home workers routinely dropped absentee ballots off for residents.

Sen. John McCollister had attended a slide-show briefing by Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen entitled "fact or fiction," which dispelled "undocumented" claims about the 2020 elections.

“Sorry to say, I don’t think this information is valid,” the senator told Reinke. “I think we do a great job with elections.”

Wayne Bena, the deputy secretary of state for elections, said that his office had been made aware of the complaints made at the hearing on Wednesday, February 2nd. Bena, however, stated the claims had already been investigated and dispelled.

The subject of the public hearing, LB 1263, was proposed to enact uniform standards into state law concerning such drop boxes, including security measures and daily pickups of ballots, after their widespread use during 2020 voting.

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