Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen is predicting a 35% voter turnout for Tuesday’s Primary Election.
Evnen says most Nebraskans prefer to vote at the polls but many voters across the state requested an early ballot. There have been 227,679 early ballot requests processed so far, including ballots sent to all-mail precincts and counties. To date, 122,679 ballots have been returned.
Evnen says excluding 2020, there has been a record number of early voting ballot requests.
Evnen encourages voters to return their ballots to their county elections office. Ballots can be returned up to the close of the polls at 8:00 p.m. Central Time and 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Tuesday.
The polls will be open on May 10 at 8:00 a.m. Central 7:00 a.m. Mountain for those who would like to vote at the polls in Nebraska’s primary election.
Each polling location and onsite voting location is required to have available an accessible voting device for use by voters with disabilities. Nebraska has Express Vote ballot marking devices at every polling place for those who are visual/hearing impaired and with wheelchair accessibility. The Express Vote device prints a paper ballot and is set up and operational for disabled voters to cast their ballot independently, privately, and securely.