Chapter 32, ELECTIONS
484 sections in this chapter.
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…
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.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1510 Interference with voter registration; penalty.
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Any person who causes any breach of the peace or uses any disorderly violence or threat of violence which impedes or hinders any registration of voters or revision of voter registration lists or interferes with the lawful proceedings of any deputy registrar shall be guilty of a C…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1511 Interference with deputy registrar; penalty.
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Any person who (1) knowingly or willfully obstructs, hinders, assaults, or, by bribery, solicitation, or otherwise, interferes with any deputy registrar in carrying out his or her powers or duties, (2) hinders or prevents the attendance of any deputy registrar at any registration…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1512 Voter registration; irregularities or defects; not a defense; when.
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Irregularities or defects in the mode of noticing, convening, holding, or conducting any registration or revision of registration authorized by sections 32-301 to 32-330 shall not constitute a defense to a prosecution for a violation of any of the provisions of sections 32-1503 t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1513 Candidate filing form; nominating petitions; prohibited acts; penalty.
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Any person who (1) offers to accept and receive or accepts and receives any money or valuable thing in consideration for his or her filing or agreeing to file or not filing or agreeing not to file a candidate filing form for himself or herself as a candidate for nomination in any…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1514 Candidate filing form; forgery; penalty.
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Any person who forges any candidate filing form shall be guilty of a Class III felony.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1515 Candidate filing form; wrongful failure to file; penalty.
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Any person who is in possession of any candidate filing form entitled to be filed under the Election Act and who wrongfully suppresses or neglects or willfully fails to file such candidate filing form or fails to cause such candidate filing form to be filed at the proper time in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1516 Candidate filing form; prohibited acts; penalty.
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Any person who falsely makes or falsely swears to any candidate filing form or any part thereof, fraudulently defaces or destroys any candidate filing form or any part thereof, files or receives for filing any candidate filing form knowing that the form or any part thereof is fal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1517 Election officials; employers; prohibited acts; penalties.
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(1) Any person appointed to be a precinct or district inspector or a judge or clerk of election who refuses, neglects, or fails to serve without excuse shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor. (2) Any employer of a person appointed to be a precinct or district inspector or a ju…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1518 Election officials; other violations of Election Act; penalty; political subdivision; member of governing body; failure or refusal to perform duty; penalty.
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(1) Any judge or clerk of election, any precinct or district inspector, or any other person upon whom any duty is imposed by the Election Act relating to elections who willfully does or performs anything prohibited by the act for which no other penalty is provided or neglects or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1519 Judge or clerk of election; prohibited acts; penalty.
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(1) Any judge of election who (a) knowingly receives or sanctions the reception of an improper or illegal vote from any person who is not a registered voter, (b) receives or sanctions the reception of a ballot from any person who refuses to answer any question which is put to him…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1520 Ballot with unlawful printing; prohibited acts; penalty.
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Any person causing ballots to be printed with a designated heading containing a name or names not found on the official ballot having such heading or any person knowingly peddling or distributing any such ballot with the intent to have such ballot voted at any election shall be g…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1521 Persons authorized to print and distribute ballots; violation; penalty.
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Any person who prints or causes to be printed or distributed any ballot marked Official Ballot other than an election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1522 Ballots and other election documents; prohibited acts; penalties.
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(1) A judge or clerk of election, a printer, or any other person entrusted with the custody or delivery of ballots, blanks, list of voters book and official summary of votes cast, card of instructions, or other required papers who knowingly and willfully (a) unlawfully opens or p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1522.01 Initials or signatures on ballots; prohibited acts; penalty.
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Any person who forges or falsely places any initials or signatures on any ballot under section 32-916 or 32-947 shall be guilty of a Class III felony.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1523 Obstruction of polling place or building; penalty.
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Any person who obstructs the doors or entries or prevents free ingress to and egress from a polling place or building shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1524 Electioneering; dissemination of information or materials; circulation of petitions; prohibited acts; penalty; observed violation; warning.
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(1) No judge or clerk of election or precinct or district inspector shall do any electioneering or disseminate information or materials advertising or advocating for or against any ballot measure while acting as an election official. (2) No person shall do any electioneering, dis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1525 Polling and interviews; poll watchers; counting watchers or observers; prohibited acts; restrictions; violation; penalty.
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(1) No person shall conduct an exit poll, a public opinion poll, or any other interview with voters on election day seeking to determine voter preference within twenty feet of the entrance of any polling place or, if inside the polling place or building, within one hundred feet o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1526 Fraudulent placement of ballot in ballot box; penalty.
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Any judge or clerk of election who puts a ballot into the ballot box, except his or her own ballot or such as may be received in the regular discharge of his or her duties as a judge or clerk, or who knowingly permits any ballot which was fraudulently placed or deposited in such …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1527 Voting of ballots; prohibited acts; penalty.
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(1) No voter shall receive an official ballot from any person other than a judge of election, and no person other than a judge of election shall deliver an official ballot to a voter. (2) No voter shall vote or offer to vote any ballot except an official ballot received from a ju…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1528 Nonresident of school district, village, or precinct; illegal voting; penalty.
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Any person who votes a ballot in any school district, village, or precinct of a city in this state in which he or she does not actually reside or into which he or she has come for merely temporary purposes shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.