J.L. Schmidt has been covering Nebraska government and politics since 1979. He has been a registered Independent for more than 20 years.
The voter ID measure, a solution in search of a problem, has been thankfully watered down in legislative action that clearly indicates the wheels on the Republican juggernaut are wobbly, if not ready to come off.
Turns out the chief opponent to the bill and an amendment that came from the Government Committee was Republican Sen. Julie Slama who was the poster child for a ballot initiative that got …