Outage At Nebraska Election Center Blamed On Squirrel

As if things aren’t chaotic enough in lead-up to the election, now this: A squirrel caused a power outage at the Douglas County Election Commission as people were waiting for hours in line to cast their ballots.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that the lights began to flicker shortly after 3 p.m.

Friday as people were in line for three hours, then the power was lost.

A squirrel somehow was messing with the electrical equipment.

The Omaha Public Power District was able to get the power restored by 4:30 p.m., and the office’s computers were back online by 5 p.m.

Voters who were still in line were asked to return Saturday