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‘Never Residents’ Can Vote in Nebraska Elections. This Lawsuit Could Change That.

The state of Nebraska allows U.S. citizens who never lived in the state and who currently reside overseas to vote in its elections, prompting a lawsuit from the Republican National Committee.

The RNC is joined in the lawsuit by two Nebraska voters, Jack Riggins and Pamela Dingman, who filed the complaint in Lancaster County District Court alleging the 2010 law allowing non-residents to vote is a violation of the state constitution. The law was passed to enact protections for service members and other Americans living abroad.

Lawsuits such as this one could play out in state courts across the country. The RNC successfully challenged a similar law in North Carolina, and 38 states have some form of voting eligibility for citizens living abroad who never lived in the respective states.

Article VI, Section 1, of the Nebraska Constitution specifies that those eligible to vote in the state must be U.S. citizens who are at least 18 and “have resided within the state and the county and voting........

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