LINCOLN- Three Nebraska election officials affirmed that the state is not immune to the rising threat of violence towards election workers seen all over the country. Brian Kruse, the Douglas County election commissioner, stated that "it's gotten more stressful, it's a little more grueling. We're obviously under the microscope more."

Lancaster County election commissioner Dave Shirley shared a similar sentiment, saying, "It's more challenging today in so many different ways."

While the three election officials haven't yet seen any substantial threats, they believe it's very possible that they will come November. However, some potential election threats have been reported over the past few years. In 2020, a suspicious package that looked like a bomb was mailed to the Hall County Election Commissioners Office, and the building had to be evacuated.

During the 2020 presidential elections, Nebraska also received a multitude of public record requests associated with the false claims of widespread voter fraud, which workers saw as harassment.

Since Covid-19 started, many Nebraska election offices lost several key election workers, and are having trouble hiring because many fear these threats and harassment.

Hall County Election Commissioner Tracy Overstreet claimed that, since the bomb threat, the office has had to update much of its security. "We have to think about everything in a different light," said Overstreet, "We haven't seen the problems here, but we have to pay attention to what's happening across the country."

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