Nebraska Holds First In-Person Election in Weeks Amid Pandemic

Nebraska Holds First In-Person Election in Weeks Amid Pandemic
Disinfecting wipes stand at the ready at the Lancaster County Election Committee offices in Lincoln, Neb., on April 14, 2020. Nati Harnik/AP Photo
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OMAHA, Neb.—Nebraska on May 12 will hold the nation’s first in-person primary since a heavily criticized election in Wisconsin five weeks ago in the middle of the CCP virus pandemic.

Election officials have repeatedly urged voters to cast early, mail-in ballots, but Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts and Secretary of State Bob Evnen both pledged to forge ahead with an in-person primary even though many other states have rescheduled theirs or switched to all-mail voting.