The Lancaster County Election Commission will be mailing notices to more than 200 voters after errors were noticed and corrected in the Nebraska voter registration system.
Election Commissioner Todd Wiltgen says the errors were noticed during an extensive review of the county’s street-file system, which is used by the Election Commission to assign voters to the precincts in which they live, ensuring that voters get the correct ballot for their residence.
It is believed the errors occurred when either the Street File was manually updated during redistricting in 2021 or when the properties were annexed and developed. Approximately 0.1% of registered voters in Lancaster County are effected
Notices of these changes were mailed to all the voters impacted. Affected voters should expect to receive written notification and new voter registration cards.
It will identify their new polling place for the upcoming Presidential Election on November 5th. If they request an early vote ballot by-mail, they will be mailed the correct ballot.
Voters may confirm their polling location on the Nebraska Voter Information Lookup website at votercheck.necvr.ne.gov.
Below is a layout of the street-file errors:
North 1st and Benton Street
- 55 residential households were inadvertently left in the wrong voting precinct following redistricting in 2021. This error did not allow 10 voters to cast ballots in the primary election in the Legislative District 27 race. The correction affects 111 registrants.
Old Cheney and Nebraska Parkway
- 17 residential households were inadvertently left in the wrong voting precinct following redistricting in 2021. This error allowed 16 voters to cast ballots in the University Board of Regents District 5 race and not the State Board of Education District 1 race. The correction affects 41 registrants.
North 22nd and Q Street
- A multifamily residential building located in Antelope Valley was left in the wrong voting precinct following redistricting. There were no ballot errors in the primary election. The correction affects 29 registrants.
Stockton Precinct
- 4 residential households in the Stockton Precinct were in the wrong precinct split. There were no ballot errors in the primary election. The correction affects 8 registrants.
North 70th and David Murdock Trail
- 3 residential households were inadvertently left in the wrong voting precinct following redistricting in 2021. There were no ballot errors in the primary election. The correction affects 5 registrants.
South 56th and Yankee Hill Road
- 3 residential properties along Brindle Lane were in the wrong voting precinct, believed to have happened when the area was annexed and developed. There were no ballot errors in the primary election. The correction affects 7 registrants.
South 14th and Yankee Hill Road
- 2 residential properties along Tropp Ridge Drive were in the wrong voting precinct, believed to have happened when the area was annexed and developed. There were no ballot errors in the primary election. The correction affects 2 registrants.
South 70th and Yankee Hill Road
- 1 residential property on South 75th Street is in the wrong voting precinct, which occurred when the area was annexed by the City of Lincoln. There were no ballot errors in the primary election. The correction affects 3 registrants.
Anyone having questions regarding their polling location should contact the Election Office at (402) 441-7311.