CENTER – The deadline to turn in ballots for the 2024 Knox County primary election is less than a week away.
Out of the approximately 5,277 ballots issued, 1,659 ballot return envelopes have been returned to the Knox County Clerk’s Office in Center as of May 6 for the May 14 primary election. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
New this year is the voter identification process in which Knox County voters have to write their driver’s license or state ID numbers – these licenses/permits may be expired – on the ballot return envelope along with signing the envelope.
If voters do not have a driver’s license or state ID, they could enclose a copy of a Nebraska college ID (public or private); Nebraska political subdivision ID (state, county, city, public school, etc.); U.S. passport; military ID; or tribal ID.
Voters who are unable to obtain an acceptable form of photo ID due to a lack of birth certificate or other required documents and have an inability to obtain a birth certificate or other required documents without significant difficulty or expense can complete a Reasonable Impediment Certification form. This also pertains to religious objection to being photographed.
Overall, the voters who have returned ballots have been completing their return ballot envelopes.
If a voter has forgotten to write in the driver’s license or state ID number or has not marked on the ballot return enve lope that a copy of ID is enclosed with the ballot, the clerk’s office staff would call the voter and inform them of their options to “cure” the ballot.
While the primary election is on May 14, voters have up to 4:30 p.m. May 21 to bring in their photo ID to “cure” their ballot.
Voters may go to www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov to check whether their ballot envelope was accepted.
Accepted ballots will be counted on Election Day and the unofficial results will be posted online on Knox County’s website of knoxcountyne.gov under the “Election Results” button.
There, people may select “Knox County” and see the unofficial results that will be uploaded after ballots are counted on May 14 after 8 p.m.
The county’s Canvassing Board will convene on May 22 and will count provisional ballots and the ballots from those voters who had to bring in a photo ID to “cure” the voter iden tification requirement. After the Canvassing Board adjourns, the official totals will be uploaded to the website.
People may call Knox County Clerk Joann Fischer at 402288-5604 or email [email protected] if they have any questions.
