They can join a flood of other voters at the polls. Registered voters have a chance today to jump on the election bandwagon. They can join a flood of other voters at the polls. In Nebraska, Secretary of State Scott Moore is predicting a 71 percent voter turnout. In Hall County, Election Commissioner Mary Kay Donahoo is predicting a whopping 80 percent turnout at the polls.
Absentee voting is one reason.
A record number of absentee ballots have been requested, in part because of active promotion by the political parties and partially because no justification is required for voting absentee. That change is welcome, because voting is often difficult to squeeze into busy schedules, especially for people who don't work near their voting place. But getting the ballot is only half of the challenge. Before voters mark an X or blacken in an oval dozens of times, they need to become informed. Talk with friends.