LINCOLN- The Nebraska voting rights group, Civic Nebraska, has completed its 2022 election report and deemed the state elections safe and secure despite multiple identified issues. The report from Civic Nebraska cited the observations of 43 volunteers who observed 140 polling sites last year. The group operated an election problems hotline and contacted election officials to report them.

The two problems identified were a missing ballot page for 25 people, and cross-talk during voting by a handful of poll workers in support of the voter ID ballot initiative. Civic said that both situations were handled by election officials effectively and they were taken seriously. The voting rights director at Civic Nebraska praised Douglas County Election Commissioner's role in handling hiccups on election day.

Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen said he was pleased Civic Nebraska acknowledged the 2022 election was “fair and secure.” He thanked county election officials for their work. “It is vital that it be easy to vote and hard to cheat,” he said Monday. “And we continue to focus on both.”

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