Nebraska voters will be asked to weigh in on a handful of ballot initiatives, including a woman's right to an abortion

Nebraska will have a record number of petition-initiated measures on the ballot Tuesday, including two competing ones that address abortion rights.

FOR PUBLICATION AT 12:01 a.m. ET ON NOV. 5 (ELECTION DAY). EDITED BY TJACOBS. cp Nebraska voters will elect representatives for the state’s three U.S. House seats Tuesday, and those in the state’s Omaha-centric 2nd District will not only decide one of the country's most competitive House races,

N.Y., referred to an independent candidate in Nebraska's race as a pickup opportunity for Democrats to potentially keep their majority.

Those of you who haven’t voted yet have spent months being bombarded by ads and text messages, campaign mailers and news coverage. You’re ready to vote. But just a reminder before you head to the polls: Take along a photo ID.

Because Nebraska currently awards three of its five Electoral College votes based on the results in each of its three congressional districts, the so-called "blue dot," as the 2nd district has come to be known, could be critical to either campaign's path to 270 electoral votes.

Referendum 434 would enshrine the state’s current ban after 12 weeks. Referendum 439 would create a right to abortion “until fetal viability.”

Eleven Nebraska counties are showing consistently higher voter turnout after switching to all-mail voting – a change allowed by state law only in rural counties with fewer than 10,000 residents.

Voters in Nebraska head to the polls on Election Day to cast their votes in the presidential race as well as several down-ballot races for U.S. Senate and House.

Americans are encouraged to do their duty and vote on Election Day. But in Nebraska, some residents must go a step further: They are required to help run the elections.

Election Day is here! Voters will be making determinations in the presidential race, with the Omaha area’s “Blue Dot” status on the line; ballot measures on abortion, marijuana and school scholarships;