Voters make their choices at Havelock United Methodist Church during the 2024 Election on Nov. 5, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb. (Mac Johnson/Nebraska News Service)

LINCOLN — Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen is asking a district court judge to pause a lawsuit over whether he will hand the state’s voter data to the federal government in light of the ongoing federal shutdown.

Nebraska Solicitor General Cody Barnett and the state Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of Evnen in a Friday motion, asked that the case be delayed so Evnen could continue discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice over how voter privacy would be protected. Negotiations had to pause because of the ongoing federal shutdown since Sept. 30 — now on day 20.

The motion states that without federal funding, Justice Dep

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