Plan to carry out Nebraska voter ID requirements becomes law
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Martha Stoddard
LINCOLN — A bill carrying out Nebraska's voter identification requirements became law Thursday after state lawmakers overcame one last filibuster and Gov. Jim Pillen immediately signed the legislation.
Lawmakers passed Legislative Bill 514 on a 38-1 vote. State Sen. Julie Slama of Dunbar, who led efforts to get a voter ID measure on the ballot, cast the lone "no" vote. Nine senators abstained.
Slama fought the bill at every stage of consideration after failing to reach agreement with the Legislature's Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee over an implementation plan.
On Thursday, she argued that LB 514 was unconstitutional and did not follow the will of Nebraska voters, who passed the voter ID constitutional amendment by an overwhelming margin last year. She criticized the exemptions allowed under the bill, calling it "voter ID without voter ID."
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