NE officials say voting went mostly smoothly in state’s first election requiring voter ID

A school lockdown in Lincoln on Tuesday briefly shut down a polling place. In Omaha, a power outage caused by a construction crew gaffe had some voters casting ballots by the light of a lantern. Those were among a few notable mishaps reported on primary Election Day in Nebraska. But the biggest change that Nebraskans saw in voting procedures — the new legal requirement that they show a form of identification to cast a ballot at the polls — caused no widespread problems or concerns as of early evening, according to a check with various Nebraska officials. “This has been a pretty smooth day,” said Steve Smith, spokesman for Civic Nebraska, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting voter rights and democracy. “We really didn’t know what to expect.” Cindy Gonzales, Nebraska Examiner

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