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In January, State Sen. Julie Slama of Peru, Nebraska, proposed a bill that would require a government-issued photo identification when voting.

'To protect the integrity of our elections' State Sen. Julie Slama said.

Voting itself was on the ballot in the 2022 midterm elections, with initiatives seeking to revamp voter access in states across the country.

Access to mail voting looks radically different from state to state, mirroring a broad partisan divide in voting policies

The last public hearings on Nebraska's voter ID and minimum wage initiatives were held Tuesday at the State Capitol. 

A record number of people voted by mail in 2020. But baseless fraud claims from President Trump and others led to a backlash.