Election Commissioner Responds to False and Misleading Social Media Post Lincoln —The Election Commission was made aware that a member of a malicious conspiracy theorist group recorded a video of a young man on a skateboard returning his ballot and shared it on social media on Saturday, November 2nd. They erroneously implied he was doing something wrong. We reviewed our surveillance footage of the ballot drop box and were able to identify the voter when we retrieved his ballot. They have a video of a young man returning his ballot for his first Presidential Election. He took a selfie to memorialize this important milestone in his life. “It is shameful and unAmerican to intimidate and threaten anyone for exercising their right to vote” said Election Commissioner Todd Wiltgen. We were concerned about the voter’s safety when we realized commentors on the social media posts were threatening to harm him. We contacted the Lincoln Police Department, and they reached out to the voter. “It is unfortunate this group is spreading false and misleading information to deceive the public and undermine confidence in our elections.” Commissioner Wiltgen stated “They should remove the post and apologize immediately.” Individuals who have questions should contact the Election Commissioner’s Office at (402) 441-7311.
A bunch of election conspiracy theorists have been posting up outside of libraries filming voters as they return their early ballots and claiming they are "mules" or "ballot stuffing."
One post went viral on Twitter, despite not showing any illegal activity, prompting this from the commissioner:
