An effort to amend the Nebraska constitution to require voters to present photo IDs is dead for the year after supporters failed to end an expected filibuster. The measure’s sponsor, Sen. John Murante of Gretna, said he intends to travel Nebraska during the next eight months to gather statewide support. He’s not ruling out asking Nebraska residents to amend the constitution through a ballot initiative. He said voters overwhelmingly support voter ID requirements to restore faith in the election process. Murante also is considering a run for Nebraska secretary of state and said he intends to announce a decision within the next few weeks. “We have a problem with voter confidence in our country,” Murante said. “You don’t have to take my word for it. Look at the 2016 election.”
As a candidate, President Donald Trump often claimed the presidential election was “rigged.” He has since repeated debunked claims that he lost the popular vote because of 3 million illegal votes.
Murante said there is “no insignificant amount of voter fraud,” but reports are rare. Of the more than 860,000 Nebraska residents who voted in the 2016 general election, two men in Dawson County are being prosecuted for allegedly voting twice. And one man was convicted for voting in both Kansas and Nebraska during the 2012 election, when more than 800,000 people voted in Nebraska.
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