by Madison Wheeler, reporter
OMAHA – Concerns due to COVID-19, have caused a surge in mail-in voting across the country, including Nebraska.
In the primary elections earlier this year, roughly 75 percent of voters voted by mail, and requests for ballots show that may continue.
“It will be largely a mail-in ballot vote from Nebraska, it appears,” said Barbara Pickering, University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) professor.
Although there have been concerned voices about fraud involved with mail-in voting, Pickering said that research shows that doesn’t happen often.
In Nebraska, “What puts the protection in place is, everybody has to sign their ballot,” she said.
Voting by mail is not only a secure process but it allows for voters to make more informed choices.
Courtney Kilroy, UNO political science student, was disappointed when she found a large number of names on the ballot she didn’t recognize her first time voting.
“I just felt so much better about my vote,” she said, of her first mail-in ballot. “It was really true to what I wanted for my community.
Since then, she’s become an advocate for mail-in voting, encouraging friends and family to vote this way.
