Nebraska’s top election official forwards suspicious mail to FBI
Oct 15, 2026 | 5:57 pm ET
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Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen speaks at an election security summit with his counterparts from Iowa, Missouri and South Dakota as well as the director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Also joining the news conference was the director of the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and Education Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Oct. 9, 2024. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner)
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office is among election and congressional offices nationwide that received suspicious envelopes this week.
Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s office said the envelope wasn’t opened and was quickly isolated once detected, “in accordance with established protocols. The mail was turned over to the FBI for further analysis.
The FBI, U.S. Capitol Police and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating a series of mailings, some of which contained a powdery white substance, according to Thursday reporting from NPR, NBC News and others.
Evnen’s office did not give further details on the envelope.
Election officials in Louisiana, Ohio and Oklahoma, as well as some congressional offices, received similar mailings, according to NPR. The Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office said an employee who opened a letter sent to the office on Tuesday wasn’t injured but was taken to the emergency room as a precaution.
Nebraska was among election offices that received suspicious packages in September 2024, too.
“This is the second time we have had a situation like this occur during my time as Nebraska’s secretary of state and, in both instances, swift action was taken to isolate and then investigate the suspicious mailing,” Evnen said in a statement. “I’d like to thank both my staff at the Secretary of State’s office for their diligence and law enforcement for their assistance.”
Lincoln, NE
