Nebraska and 16 other states have joined a lawsuit initially filed by the Texas attorney general demanding that the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin be invalidated.
Nebraskan’s votes are now certified. The Canvassing Board met on Monday morning, the Secretary of State said there were no substantial allegations of fraud in this election.
Michigan’s largest county reversed course and unanimously certified its presidential election results Tuesday night after Republicans first blocked the move in a party-line vote that threatened to temporarily stall official approval of Democrat Joe Biden’s win in the state.
The message from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.was that Republicans should concede the presidential election was won by Biden and immediately return to negotiations on COVID relief.
Election Commissioner Tracy Overstreet said Monday that an automatic recount for the Ward B seat on the Grand Island school board was scheduled for later in the week.
Hastings voters narrowly denied a plan to rebuild the controversial 16th Street viaduct. The vote was 5,200 against the repairs and 5,132 for the $12.8 million project.
Adams County voters decided to spend a big chunk of money for new building containing the jail, sheriff’s office, county attorney’s office and courtrooms.
People in the Tri-Cities caste their ballots in one of the most unique presidential elections in history on Tuesday, and despite being in a global pandemic, there was a steady flow of people who cast their ballots in-person.
One week ahead of the November General Election, Secretary of State Bob Evnen said that election officials across Nebraska are ready to conduct a safe, sensible and secure election.