Can felons vote in Nebraska? As it turns out, not even election officials know the answer

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/can-felons-vote-in-nebraska-as-it-turns-out-not/article_1b39da18-d2bd-57c8-b9b5-999d3318ff51.html

POSTED: MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 2:30 PM | UPDATED: 2:40 PM, MON JUN 20, 2016.
By Martha Stoddard / World-Herald Bureau

LINCOLN — Only half of Nebraska’s county election officials know the law when it comes to voting rights for felons, according to a study released Monday by the ACLU of Nebraska.

The correct answer is that, in Nebraska, someone with a felony conviction can register to vote two years after completing all of the terms of a sentence.

But 47 of 93 county officials gave incorrect answers when an ACLU volunteer called to ask: “Can a former felon register to vote?”

Another 14 officials initially gave wrong answers, but later corrected themselves.

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