Scott Petersen
What this job does: Runs Nebraska's elections, including checking ballot petition signatures and certifying the ballot, and keeps business filings and official state records. A term is four years.
- Occupation
- Retired small business owner
- Lives in
- Omaha
Background
- Vice chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party's 2nd Congressional District and member of its executive committee. source: voterguide.flatwaterfreepress.org
- Nebraska delegate to the 2024 Republican National Convention. source: voterguide.flatwaterfreepress.org
In their own words
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- Modernize business services. source: voterguide.flatwaterfreepress.org
- Strengthen elections: voter ID, chain-of-custody steps and post-election audits ("Confidence in elections must be earned"). source: voterguide.flatwaterfreepress.org
- Agreed with sharing voter data with the federal government; would review each request. source: voterguide.flatwaterfreepress.org
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