Nebraska primary election will be held as scheduled

Tuesday is primary election day in Nebraska and the polling places are to be open as usual. However, election officials say it won’t be business as usual.

Finding workers to man the places has been particularly challenging this year.

The problem has been statewide, not just in Nuckolls County.

Here, as in much of the state, most of the workers in previous years have been of an age which are apt to suffer the most serious problems with the COVID-19 virus. Many of them have been reluctant to work again this year. Not only must willing workers be found, there have also been regulations requiring...