Nebraska Secretary of State says RNC lawsuit over state election law is 'a little baffling'

Source: Nebraska Examiner

Bob Evnen said the number of people who’ve used the provision to vote is almost nonexistent
By Juan Salinas II - July 6, 2026 4:00 am

LINCOLN — Outgoing Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen said he’s baffled by a lawsuit that seeks to eliminate a provision in state law that allows U.S. citizens who’ve never lived in the country to vote in Nebraska elections.

The Republican top election official, who lost his party’s primary in May, spoke with the Examiner about a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee over a Nebraska state election law.

The RNC — joined in the lawsuit by Lancaster voters Jack Riggins and Pamela Dingman — objects to part of state law that says “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.”

Evnen said the number of people who have used this provision of the law to vote in Nebraska elections is almost nonexistent.


Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen. June 6, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)



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