Chapter 32 — ELECTIONS
544 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-120 Ward, defined.
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Ward shall mean a compact and contiguous geographic area within a political subdivision created by the political subdivision for election purposes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1201 Costs of election; payment; county expense.
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The county board shall draw warrants in payment of all bills submitted by the election commissioner or county clerk related to the cost of any election conducted by the office of the election commissioner or county clerk. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of section …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1201.01 Gift, grant, or donation; permitted, when.
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(1) The Secretary of State, election commissioners, and county clerks shall not accept or use any gift, grant, or donation from any private entity for the purpose of preparing for, administering, or conducting an election unless the money received as a result of such gift, grant,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1202 Expenses chargeable to political subdivisions.
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The cost of publication and posting of notices and ballots, the cost of precinct registration lists, the compensation of temporary employees, inspectors, judges and clerks of election, and members of counting boards, the overtime costs of all permanent employees of the election c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1203 Political subdivisions; election expenses; duties; determination of charge.
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(1) Each city, village, township, school district, public power district, community improvement district, metropolitan utilities district, fire protection district, natural resources district, regional metropolitan transit authority, community college area, learning community coo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1204 Separate election; joint election; costs; political subdivisions; duties.
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(1) Every political subdivision shall pay the cost of holding and conducting a separate election on its behalf by the election commissioner or county clerk. The election commissioner or county clerk shall fix and certify the total cost of the separate election to the political su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1205 Recall petition; political subdivision; pay costs.
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A political subdivision in which a recall petition is issued, a recall election is held, an official is recalled, or a vacancy needs to be filled as the result of a recall petition shall pay the costs of the recall procedure and any special election held as a result of a recall e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1206 Other elections; costs.
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Any election not otherwise provided for in sections 32-1203 to 32-1205 which is conducted by the election commissioner or county clerk shall be paid for by the entity holding the election.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1207 Costs of elections; certification; payment; when due.
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The election commissioner or county clerk shall fix and certify the cost of elections pursuant to sections 32-1203 to 32-1206. The cost of elections shall be due and payable from each political subdivision within thirty days after the receipt of the statement certifying the cost …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1208 Election equipment and materials; availability; costs.
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The election commissioner or county clerk shall provide polling booths, ballot boxes, secrecy sleeves, and other ballot supply kits to political subdivisions upon request. The cost of such equipment and materials shall be amortized over a period of ten to twenty years and shall b…
Repealed. Laws 2004, LB 940, § 4.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-122 Member of the Legislature; start of second half of term of office.
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The second half of a term of office for a member of the Legislature starts on the day of the meeting of the Legislature at which members are regularly sworn in to office in the second calendar year which begins after the four-year term begins.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-123 Valid photographic identification, defined.
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Valid photographic identification means: (1) A document issued by the United States, the State of Nebraska, an agency or a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska, or a postsecondary institution within the State of Nebraska that: (a) Shows the name of the individual to who…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1301 Recall; filing officer, defined.
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For purposes of sections 32-1301 to 32-1309, filing officer means (1) the election commissioner or county clerk for recall of elected officers of cities, villages, counties, irrigation districts, school districts, and hospital districts and (2) the Secretary of State for recall o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1302 Officials subject to recall.
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(1) Except for trustees of community improvement districts and sanitary and improvement districts, any elected official of a political subdivision and any elected member of the governing bodies of cities, villages, counties, irrigation districts, natural resources districts, publ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1303 Recall petition; signers and circulators; requirements; notification.
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(1) A petition demanding that the question of removing an elected official or member of a governing body listed in section 32-1302 be submitted to the registered voters shall be signed by registered voters equal in number to at least thirty-five percent of the total vote cast for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1304 Petition papers; requirements.
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(1) The Secretary of State shall design the uniform petition papers to be distributed by all filing officers and shall keep a sufficient number of such blank petition papers on file for distribution to any filing officer requesting recall petitions. The petition papers shall as n…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1305 Petition papers; filing; signature verification; procedure.
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(1) The principal circulator or circulators shall file, as one instrument, all petition papers comprising a recall petition for signature verification with the filing officer within thirty days after the filing officer issues the initial petition papers to the principal circulato…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1306 Filing officer; notification required; recall election; when held.
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(1) If the recall petition is found to be sufficient, the filing officer shall notify the official whose removal is sought and the governing body of the affected political subdivision that sufficient signatures have been gathered. Notification of the official sought to be removed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1307 Recall election; ballot.
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The form of the official ballot at a recall election held pursuant to section 32-1306 shall conform to the requirements of this section. With respect to each person whose removal is sought, the question shall be submitted: Shall (name of person) be removed from the office of (nam…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1308 Recall election; results; effect; vacancies; how filled.
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(1) If a majority of the votes cast at a recall election are against the removal of the official named on the ballot or the election results in a tie, the official shall continue in office for the remainder of his or her term but may be subject to further recall attempts as provi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1309 Recall petition filing form prohibited; when.
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No recall petition filing form shall be filed against an elected official within twelve months after a recall election has failed to remove him or her from office or within six months after the beginning of his or her term of office or within six months prior to the incumbent fil…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1310 Recall election; failure or refusal to call; county attorney; duties.
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If the governing board of a political subdivision fails or refuses to call for a recall election by the date established in subsection (2) of section 32-1306, the county attorney in the county in which the board is located shall file an action in the district court to order the r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1401 Initiative petition; form.
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The form of a petition for initiating any law or any amendment to the Constitution of Nebraska shall comply with the requirements of sections 32-628 and 32-1403 and shall be substantially as follows: Initiative Petition The object of this petition is to ..........................…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1402 Referendum petition; form.
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The form of a petition for ordering a referendum upon any act or any part of any act passed by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska shall comply with the requirements of sections 32-628 and 32-1403 and shall be substantially as follows: Referendum Petition The object of this …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1403 Initiative or referendum; petition; title and text required; filing.
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A full and correct copy of the title and text of the law or amendment to the Constitution of Nebraska to be proposed by an initiative petition or the measure sought to be referred to the registered voters by a referendum petition shall be printed upon each sheet of the petition w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1404 Initiative and referendum petitions; signers; requirements.
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Initiative and referendum petition signers shall conform to the requirements of sections 32-629 and 32-630.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1405 Initiative and referendum petitions; sponsors; filing required; Revisor of Statutes; Secretary of State; duties.
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(1) Prior to obtaining any signatures on an initiative or referendum petition, a statement of the object of the petition and the text of the measure shall be filed with the Secretary of State together with a sworn statement containing the names and street addresses of every perso…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1405.01 Initiative and referendum measures; informational pamphlet; contents; distribution.
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(1) The Secretary of State shall develop and print one informational pamphlet on all initiative and referendum measures to be placed on the ballot. The pamphlet shall include the measure number, the ballot title and text, and the full text of each initiated or referred measure an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1405.02 Initiative and referendum measures; public hearing; notice.
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After the Secretary of State certifies the initiative and referendum measures for the ballot under subsection (3) of section 32-1411, the Secretary of State shall hold one public hearing in each congressional district for the purpose of allowing public comment on the measures. No…
Repealed. Laws 2026, LB1075, § 71.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1407 Initiative petition; filing deadline; issue placed on ballot; when; referendum petition; filing deadline; affidavit of sponsor.
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(1) Initiative petitions shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State at least four months prior to the general election at which the proposal would be submitted to the voters. (2) When a copy of the form of any initiative petition is filed with the Secretary of State p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1408 Initiative and referendum petitions; Secretary of State; refuse filing; when.
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The Secretary of State shall not accept for filing any initiative or referendum petition which interferes with the legislative prerogative contained in the Constitution of Nebraska that the necessary revenue of the state and its governmental subdivisions shall be raised by taxati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1409 Initiative and referendum petitions; signature verification; procedure; certification; Secretary of State; duties.
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(1) Upon the receipt of the petitions, the Secretary of State, with the aid and assistance of the election commissioner or county clerk, shall determine the validity and sufficiency of signatures on the pages of the filed petition. The various pages of the filed petition may rema…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1410 Initiative and referendum petitions; ballot title; statement of effect; Attorney General; duties; appeal.
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(1) When an initiative petition is filed with the Secretary of State to propose a measure to the registered voters of the state, the Secretary of State shall transmit a copy of the measure to the Attorney General. Within ten days after receiving the copy, the Attorney General sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1411 Initiative and referendum measures; numbering; placement on ballot.
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(1) The Secretary of State shall number the measures proposed by initiative or referendum to be voted upon at the next general election. Beginning with the 1986 general election, the first measure shall be numbered 400 and the succeeding measures shall be numbered consecutively 4…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1412 Initiative and referendum measures; refusal of Secretary of State to place on ballot; jurisdiction of district court; parties; appeal.
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(1) If the Secretary of State refuses to place on the ballot any measure proposed by an initiative petition presented at least four months preceding the date of the election at which the proposed law or constitutional amendment is to be voted upon or a referendum petition present…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1413 Initiative and referendum measures; publication required; rate.
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Immediately preceding any general election at which any initiative or referendum measure is to be submitted to the registered voters, the Secretary of State shall cause to be published in all legal newspapers in the state once each week for three consecutive weeks a true copy of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1414 Initiative and referendum measures; counting, canvassing, and return of votes; proclamation by Governor.
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The votes on initiative and referendum measures shall be counted, canvassed, and returned in the same manner as votes for candidates are counted, canvassed, and returned, and the abstract of votes made by the election commissioners or county clerks shall be returned on abstract s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1415 Initiative or referendum; approved; preservation and printing.
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If an initiative or referendum is approved by the voters at the general election, the copies of the initiative or referendum petition filed with the Secretary of State and a certified copy of the Governor's proclamation declaring the measure approved by the people shall be identi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1416 Conflicting laws; adoption; which law controls.
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If two or more conflicting laws are approved by the registered voters at the same election, the law receiving the greatest number of affirmative votes shall be paramount in all particulars as to which there is a conflict even though such law may not have received the greater majo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1417 Constitution of United States; proposed amendment; adoption or rejection; submission to voters for advisory vote.
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(1) If a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States is duly submitted to the Legislature of the State of Nebraska as provided in Article V of the Constitution of the United States, a petition may be filed with the Secretary of State requesting that such proposed …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1501 Interference or refusal to comply with Secretary of State; penalty.
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Any person who willfully interferes with or refuses to comply with the requirements of and cooperate with the Secretary of State or his or her designated agent in carrying out the powers and duties prescribed in sections 32-202 and 32-203 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeano…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1502 Election falsification; penalty.
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A person shall be guilty of election falsification if, orally or in writing, he or she purposely states a falsehood under oath lawfully administered or in a statement made under penalty of election falsification (1) as to a material matter relating to an election in a proceeding …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1503 Registration of voters; prohibited acts; penalty.
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Any person who (1) falsely impersonates an elector and registers or attempts or offers to register in the name of such elector, (2) knowingly or fraudulently registers or offers to, attempts to, or makes application to register in or under the name of any other person, in or unde…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1504 Deputy registrar; neglect of duties; penalty.
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Any deputy registrar who is guilty of any willful neglect of his or her duty or of any corrupt or fraudulent conduct or practice in the execution of his or her duty or who willfully neglects or, when called upon, willfully declines to exercise the powers conferred on him or her b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1505 Deputy registrar; liquor violations; penalty.
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No deputy registrar shall bring, attempt to bring, take, cause to be taken, order, or send into any place of registration or revision of registration any liquor or shall at any such time or place drink or partake of any liquor at such place of registration or revision of registra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1506 Election records; prohibited acts; penalty.
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Any deputy registrar, judge or clerk of election, or other officer having the custody of records, registers, copies of records or registers, oaths, certificates, or any other paper, document, or evidence of any description by law directed to be made, filed, or preserved who steal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1507 False swearing; political party affiliation; penalty.
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Any registered voter, candidate, or proposed candidate who swears falsely as to political party affiliation or swears that he or she affiliates with two or more political parties shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1508 Willful or corrupt false swearing; registration of voters; penalty.
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Any person who is guilty of willful or corrupt false swearing in taking an oath prescribed by or upon any examination provided for in sections 32-301 to 32-330 or upon being challenged as unqualified to register to vote shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.