Republican National Committee sues Nebraska over state election law

Nebraska Examiner ^ | 6/22/26 | Juan Salinas II

[Libloather]

LINCOLN — The Republican National Committee and two Nebraska voters have filed a lawsuit against Nebraska over a part of state election law that was meant to implement a 2009 federal election law.

The lawsuit, which names Secretary of State Bob Evnen as the defendant, was filed in Lancaster District Court on Monday. It alleges that part of the state election law violates the state constitution because it allows U.S. citizens who have never resided in the state or country to vote in Nebraska elections.

The law was passed during the Nebraska 101st legislative session in 2010, according to the state legislature website. The law aimed to “implement the requirements of the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act,” which was signed into law in 2009 by former President Barack Obama. It also “streamlines and reorganizes the current provisions in law dealing with ballots for members of the armed forces and overseas citizens.”

The bill passed by the U.S. Congress aimed to expand the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986 by providing greater protections for service members, their families, and other overseas citizens, according to a U.S. Department of Justice fact sheet.

The part of the election law that the RNC — along with Lancaster voters Jack Riggins and Pamela Dingman — object to reads: “a person who is the age of an elector and a citizen of the United States residing outside the United States, who has never resided in the United States, who has not registered to vote in any other state of the United States, and who has a parent registered to vote within this state shall be eligible to register to vote and vote in one county in which either one of his or her parents is a registered voter.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; History
KEYWORDS: election; law; nebraska; rnc

[Libloather]

The eight-page complaint cites a provision of the state constitution that defines who can vote in Nebraska.

Freakin' Nebraska has been invaded.

[goodnesswins]

Nebraska???? Thought it would be a west. Coast state.

[sphinx]

I don’t understand the angles on this. Or the numbers of potential voters involved.

Per the story, the issue involves service members deployed abroad who have never before registered to vote.

Now they’re deployed in West Cowabungistan and decide to register. Where are they supposed to register?

Their last U.S. domacile? That would presumably be a military base.

Their place of birth, even if they’ve not lived there in many years and have no connection.

The place where their parents currently reside?

How many such cases are there, why are two citizens bringing a lawsuit (if they’re more than just fronts for the RNC), and why is the RNC getting involved?

[bk1000]

“The bill passed by the U.S. Congress aimed to expand the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act of 1986 by providing greater protections for service members, their families, and other overseas citizens,”

I think I found part of the problem.