Nebraska Supreme Court denies injunction on state voter data but will hear case in March
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court accelerated an appeal of a lawsuit that had sought to stop the state from handing over potentially sensitive parts of its voter data to the U.S. Department of Justice.
But even under the court’s expedited timeline, the appeal hearing will be held in March, more than a month after Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen plans to hand over the data to the federal government on Thursday.
And the high court chose not to prevent him from doing so. The Supreme Court denied a push Wednesday to reconsider the injunction request from voting advocacy group Common Cause. A Lancaster County District Court judge had rejected the push for a pause late last week.
Wednesday’s order, signed by Chief Justice Jeffrey Funke of Nebraska City, said such injunctions while appeals play out should be granted “sparingly.” Justices Stephanie Stacy of Lincoln and Derek Vaughn of Omaha agreed with expediting the case, but the order shows they would have granted the injunction.
https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/02/11/court-of-appeals-denies-injunction-on-state-voter-data-kicks-case-to-nebraska-supreme-court/
