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The May 14 primary election will mark the first election in the history of Nebraska for which voter ID will be required. A Nebraska constitutional amendment requiring voter ID was passed by more than 65% of voters in November 2022. On June 1, 2023, Gov. Jim Pillen signed the voter ID requirements into law. Secretary of State Bob Evnen, the state’s chief election officer, is touring the state on an educational and informational campaign to help voters be aware of the changes and what will be required of them come election day. “We’re going to have a historic election in our May primary,” Evnen said. “It’s important that the voters of the state are aware of the requirements of voter ID.” Caitlyn Thomas, North Platte Telegraph.
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Federal Work Study funds eligible for variety of elections-related activities
Coalition of organizations create toolkit to help
Federal Work Study funding for community service has always been permitted for use with community groups and local governmental agencies, but until recently there wasn’t much guidance as to whether this was also true for voter engagement work.
Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a “Dear Colleague” letter reminding institutions of higher education of their obligation under the Higher Education Act to “make a good faith effort” to distribute voter registration forms to their students.
The letter also stated that “If a student is employed directly by a postsecondary institution, the institution may compensate a student for Federal Work-Study employment involving voter registration activities that take place on or off-campus.”
In an additional “Dear Colleague” letter issued in February of 2024, the Department clarified that higher education institutions can partner with local or state elections offices to place FWS student workers in positions that support nonpartisan and non-political activities such as broad-based get-out-the-vote activities, voter registration, providing voter assistance at a polling place or through a voter hotline, or serving as a poll worker.
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