LINCOLN- Nebraska voters passed a state constitutional amendment in 2022 requiring voters to verify their identities with a photo ID. This past legislative session decided how the Secretary of State and 93 county election officials would implement that amendment, starting with the state’s 2024 primary election. But the public education piece of that effort, outreach to voters and would-be voters, starts this summer.

The Secretary of State’s Office is already preparing a brochure to hand out in Grand Island, during the Nebraska State Fair. Civic Nebraska and other voting rights organizations are also ramping up. Secretary of State Bob Evnen said his office will staff a booth at the State Fair that will let people pick up brochures and ask state and local election officials how the new law will work, LB514.

Voters heading to the polls in person will need to bring a state-approved photo ID, which could include a driver’s license, a college ID, a nursing home ID, a passport, a military ID, a tribal ID or an ID from a city, county, school district or another political subdivision of the state. If you forget an ID, you may vote but are now required to provide an ID to their county election office within a week of Election Day.

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