LINCOLN- Individual decisions by a dozen county election officials about mail notifications could affect which voters turn out for the June 28 special election in Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District.

Counties are going their own way in sending postcards to voters to request early ballots for the upcoming special election between Mike Flood and Patty Pansing Brooks.

Five 1st District counties sent cards to voters who had signed up for long-term vote-by-mail lists: Lancaster, Madison, Platte, Dodge and Cuming.

Four counties — Butler, Colfax, Seward, and Sarpy — never send out such cards. None of them operates an indefinite vote-by-mail list, though Butler is considering creating one.

Stanton County mails a ballot to every voter before every election, including this one. Stanton is one of 11 rural Nebraska counties that vote entirely by mail.

Polk and Cass Counties typically send ballot-request cards to people who voted early in the last election but opted to go another route this time around.

Polk spent $850 to send ballot request cards to every active registered voter in the county. Cass considered doing the same but was too late. Instead, it sent cards to people who voted early in the May primary.

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