Early in-person voting for Lincoln general election begins Monday

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Lincolnites can start casting their ballots Monday for the city general election, officials announced.

Lancaster County Election Commissioner Todd Wiltgen says voters can cast early ballots at the election office at 601 North 46th Street.

Early in-person voting will go until May 1, just one day before the general election.

The election office is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  On Fridays, the office’s hours are extended to 6 p.m.

Wiltgen also announced Monday that 35,000 early vote ballots were been mailed out for the upcoming election.

Voters who requested ballots should receive them by the end of the week, according to a press release.

Mail-in ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on May 2.  Early vote request forms can be found at www.lancaster.ne.gov/election.

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