Opinion

Don’t forget your photo ID on Primary Day

Next month’s Nebraska Primary on Tuesday, May 14, offers a mix of familiar and new candidates, as well as one extremely important change for voters: Photo identification will be required in order to cast your ballot successfully.Otoe County Clerk and Election Commissioner Jenny Bassinger and Otoe County Election Clerk Emily Wolken conducted public information workshops at the Morton-James Public Library on Saturday, April 6, and Monday, April 8, to inform voters which forms of photo ID would be accepted on Election Day.By the way, going forward, voters will be required to show photo ID for every Nebraska election, thanks to a new law that we voters passed in 2022.So, here are the acceptable forms of photo voter ID:Nebraska driver’s license or state ID card;A U.S.

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A Change For the Better?

I couldn’t help but think about Easter’s Past yesterday.Along with the other 364 days in the year, there have been a lot of changes over the past half-century or more.Example: There wasn’t an Easter bonnet to be seen All day.

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