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Nebraska Legislature opens 109th session as network outage disables electronic voting; members adjourn until Feb. 7
Summary
On the first day of the 109th Nebraska Legislature, the chamber's electronic voting network failed, forcing senators to signal presence by hand and prompting a temporary recess; a motion to adjourn until Feb. 7 passed.
The Nebraska Legislature convened for the first day of the 109th Legislature in the George W. Norris Legislative Chamber in Lincoln on the morning of the session, but the chamber’s electronic voting and board display systems were rendered inoperable by a network outage.
The presiding officer (listed in the transcript as “Mister President”) announced that the network was down and instructed senators to let the clerk know their presence by raising a hand because “Your buttons will not work and the board will not show,” the…
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