Supporters and opponents of ballot initiatives to enact voter ID and raise the minimum wage made their final arguments Tuesday at a public hearing held at the Capitol.
The forums, required under state law, were informational only and do not change the status of either initiative — labeled 432 and 433 by the Secretary of State’s office — but gave voters a chance to hear from either side of both issues.
Initiative 432 would amend the state’s constitution to require voters to show a photo ID before they could cast a ballot, a measure Sen. Julie Slama said made Nebraskans “prove you are who you say you are before undertaking the most important civic duty you have.”
Slama, who appeared on behalf of Citizens for Voter ID, the committee that circulated the petitions, said with a voter ID law that Nebraska would join 35 other states and a host of other countries with a similar law.
She also said it would add another layer of election security — something she said was on the minds of tens of thousands of Nebraskans who signed the petition — and ensure voters could have faith in the process and outcome.
But a number of opponents said a voter ID law would make it harder for tens of thousands of voters to participate in elections.
Heidi Uhing, public policy director of Civic Nebraska, who led the opponents Tuesday, said Nebraska’s constitution calls for all elections to be “free and fair,” without “hindrance or impediment” to qualified voters.
While Initiative 432 would amend the...
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