LINCOLN- On Wednesday, last-minute tweaks were made to the Government, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee's voter ID proposal, with Sen. Tom Brewer, the chair of the committee, expressing interest in "keeping things simple." With a deadline fast approaching, and two voter ID proposals on the table, the six members of the committee decided to advance Sen. Brewer's to the floor of the Legislature, rather than Sen. Slama's.

Shortly following this, Slama slammed Brewer's proposal, as well as the Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen, calling the measure "unconstitutional" and an "abomination." "AM1748 makes our elections less secure and clearly violates the language of the successful Constitutional Amendment," said Slama, "Evnen's office obstructed this process every step of the way. I'm going to fight on behalf of the voters to stop this abomination."

More specifically, Slama argued that Brewer's successful proposal doesn't follow closely enough the language approved by voters during the last election. She also went on to claim that the amendment sticks too narrowly to voter ID, and doesn't add enough layers of citizenship verification, which was included in her own proposal. Evnen retorted by arguing that he had always supported voter ID initiatives, and stated that Brewer's amendment does allow for the verification of identification as well as citizenship.

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