Your ballot, explained.

Heard this? Here are the facts

Each claim gets a plain status: True, False, or Promised, not law.

• Heard this? "In Nebraska you can't vote without a photo ID." False
  The facts: You need to show a photo ID, and expired IDs count. If you don't have it with you, you can go get it and come back before polls close, or vote a provisional ballot and show your ID at the county election office by the Tuesday after the election. If a disability, illness, missing documents or a religious objection keeps you from getting an ID, you can fill out a reasonable impediment form. Free state IDs for voting are available at the DMV. source: sos.nebraska.gov
• Heard this? "You can register to vote at the polls on Election Day in Nebraska." False
  The facts: Nebraska has no Election Day registration. The deadline to register by mail or online is Oct. 16. You can register in person at your county election office until 6 p.m. Oct. 23. source: sos.nebraska.gov
• Heard this? "A mailed early ballot counts as long as it's postmarked by Election Day." False
  The facts: Your early ballot must be in the county election office's hands by 8 p.m. Central (7 p.m. Mountain) on Nov. 3. Mail it early or use a county drop box. source: sos.nebraska.gov
• Heard this? "Voting by mail in Nebraska doesn't need any ID." False
  The facts: When you ask for an early ballot, you write your Nebraska driver's license or state ID number on the request, or send a copy of an accepted photo ID or a reasonable impediment form. source: sos.nebraska.gov
• Heard this? "After a felony conviction in Nebraska you have to wait two years after your sentence before you can vote." False
  The facts: Your right to vote comes back when you finish your whole sentence, including any parole or probation. You then need to fill out a new voter registration. source: sos.nebraska.gov
• Heard this? "Party labels for state senators are printed on Nebraska ballots." False
  The facts: Nebraska's Legislature is nonpartisan. Candidates for state senator appear on the ballot without a party. source: sos.nebraska.gov
• Heard this? "You'll get $5,000 after the election." Promised, not law
  The facts: On Sept. 9, 2026 the President promised every adult $5,000, a "Trump Dividend", if Republicans keep both the House and the Senate. It is a campaign promise that depends on the election results; no law or payment exists today. Congress would have to pass it, and AP estimates it would cost over $1 trillion. Is this legal? Experts disagree. Richard Painter, chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, wrote: "No, Mr. President you can't offer voters $5000 if the Republicans win the House and Senate." Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner called it a completed crime under the federal vote-buying law (18 U.S.C. 597). Election attorney John Day told AP it is legal because it would go to everyone regardless of how they vote: "This is a campaign promise." Rice University political scientist Mark Jones: "It's unsavory, but it's legal." Your ballot is secret, so no payment can depend on how you personally vote. source: kold.com source: internazionale.it source: newsweek.com source: ibtimes.co.uk source: katv.com
• Heard this? "Someone can legally pay you to vote, or to vote a certain way." False
  The facts: No. Paying or offering to pay anyone to vote or to register to vote in a federal election is a federal crime (52 U.S.C. 10307(c)). Accepting the payment is a crime too. source: law.cornell.edu
• Heard this? "The $1 million-a-day giveaway in 2024 paid people for voting." False
  The facts: That contest was open only to registered voters in seven swing states, and entering meant signing a petition, not voting. The group's lawyer told a Pennsylvania court the winners were "not chosen by chance". The judge let it continue. source: aljazeera.com

Checked against official sources, court records and news reports. We update this as new claims go around.