LINCOLN- A Nebraska lawmaker proposed a law Wednesday that would eliminate online and mail-in voter registration and do away with "no-excuse" early and mail-in voting, among other proposed changes that Sen. Rick Holdcroft said are meant to "build up people's confidence" in the state's elections.

Holdcroft's proposal would end online voter registration that has been in place in Nebraska since 2015 and halt mail-in registration that has been available for even longer while limiting who would be allowed to cast mail-in ballots in elections in Nebraska, which for now is one of 28 states that offer "no-excuse" absentee voting.

The Bellevue lawmaker's proposal would instead require voters applying to cast early ballots to have an eligible reason to do so, including being age 80 years or older, blind, a member of the U.S. military or military spouse, expecting to be out of town on Election Day or being unable to travel to a polling place for health or religious reasons, among other exceptions.

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