Chapter 32 — ELECTIONS
544 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-235 Election worker; notice of appointment.
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(1) The county clerk shall, in writing, notify judges and clerks of election, district inspectors, members of counting boards, and members of canvassing boards of their appointment. The notice shall inform the appointee of his or her appointment and of the date and time he or she…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-236 Judge and clerk of election; district inspector; service required; violation; penalty.
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Each judge and clerk of election appointed pursuant to subsection (4) of section 32-230 and each district inspector appointed pursuant to subsection (2) of section 32-231 shall serve at all elections, except city and village elections, held in the county or precinct during his or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-237 Judge or clerk of election; inspector; failure to appear; replacement procedure.
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If any judge or clerk of election or inspector fails to appear at the appropriate hour, the inspector or remaining judges and clerks shall notify the county clerk, select a registered voter to serve in place of the absent person, and proceed to conduct the election. The registere…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-238 Judge or clerk of election; inspector; oath.
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Before entering upon his or her duties, each judge or clerk of election and each inspector shall sign an oath to be returned to the county clerk after the polls close. The oath need not be taken and signed before a person authorized to administer oaths. If the oath is printed in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-239 Judges and clerks of election; district inspectors; vacancies; how filled.
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All vacancies of judges and clerks of election appointed pursuant to section 32-230 and district inspectors appointed pursuant to subsection (2) of section 32-231 shall be filled as nearly as possible in the manner in which the original appointments were made. At least fifteen da…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-240 Judge or clerk of election; district inspector; excused from serving; when.
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Any person who is appointed to serve as a judge or clerk of election or district inspector may, at any time before election day, be excused by the county clerk from serving in such capacity by reason of his or her own sickness, the serious illness of any member of his or her fami…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-241 Election worker; employment protection; employer; prohibited acts; violation; penalty; lists; prohibited acts.
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(1) Any person who is appointed in any county to serve as a judge or clerk of election, a precinct or district inspector, a canvassing board member, or any other election worker shall not be subject to discharge from employment, loss of pay, loss of overtime pay, loss of sick lea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-242 Oaths; who may administer; seal.
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(1) The election commissioner, county clerk, chief deputy election commissioners, office personnel of the election commissioner or county clerk, judges of election, precinct or district inspectors, and deputy registrars may administer all oaths required or necessary in the admini…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-243 Secretary of State; develop and publish guidelines for election workers; contents.
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The Secretary of State shall develop and publish guidelines for election workers appointed pursuant to sections 32-220 to 32-240. The guidelines shall include provisions for the conduct of election workers with regard to the conduct of elections on election day. The guidelines ma…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-301 Registration list; registration of electors; registration records; how kept; use on election day.
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(1) The Secretary of State shall implement, in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, a single, uniform, official, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered at the office of the Secretary of State that contains …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-301.01 Electronic poll books; contents.
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Beginning July 1, 2019, the electronic poll books for a precinct shall contain the list of registered voters and the sign-in register for the precinct combined in one database and shall include the registration information and the digital signatures for the registered voters of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-302 Registration of electors; office hours; deadline for registration; designated voter registration agency.
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The office of the election commissioner or county clerk shall remain open during the usual business days of the year for purposes of general registration and revision and for the transaction of the business of the office. Such registration and revision shall be carried on at all …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-303 Registration of electors; other places of registration.
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In addition to his or her office, the election commissioner or county clerk may provide a place of registration in each incorporated city or village in the county and in each legislative district in cities of the metropolitan class. The place of registration may be open not less …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-304 Registration of electors electronically; application process; application; contents; Secretary of State; Department of Motor Vehicles; duties.
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(1) The Secretary of State in conjunction with the Department of Motor Vehicles shall implement a registration application process which may be used statewide to register to vote and update voter registration records electronically using the Secretary of State's website. An appli…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-305 Deputy registrar; application; training; when; oath; violation; effect.
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(1) Any registered voter may apply to the election commissioner or county clerk to be appointed as a deputy registrar for the purpose of registering voters. The application form shall be prescribed by the election commissioner, county clerk, or Secretary of State. The election co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-306 Deputy registrars; teams; duties; acknowledgment of registration; when; applicability of section.
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Deputy registrars shall register voters in teams of at least two deputies, one of whom is not a member of the same political party as the other or others. The deputy registrars shall return the completed registration applications to the office of the election commissioner or coun…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-307 Voter registration site; acts prohibited; registration procedure.
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No materials advocating or advertising any political issue, candidate, or party shall be displayed or distributed within fifty feet of any voter registration site. No alcohol shall be served within fifty feet of any voter registration site. The registration procedure shall be con…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-308 Registration list; verification; voter registration application; Department of Motor Vehicles; duties; registration; when; confidentiality; persons involved in registration; status.
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(1) The Secretary of State and the Director of Motor Vehicles shall enter into an agreement to match information in the computerized statewide voter registration list with information in the database of the Department of Motor Vehicles to the extent required to enable each such o…
Repealed. Laws 2025, LB521, § 87.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-310 Voter registration; State Department of Education; Department of Health and Human Services; duties; confidentiality; persons involved in registration; status; delivery of applications; when; registration; when.
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(1) The State Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide the opportunity to register to vote at the time of application, review, or change of address for the following programs, as applicable: (a) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-311 Registration of elector; personal application; place or time.
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Any elector may personally apply to register to vote at (1) the office of the election commissioner or county clerk, (2) a registration site at which a deputy registrar is in attendance, (3) a department listed in section 32-310 at the time of an application, review, or change of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-311.01 Registration application; use; informational statements.
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(1) The Secretary of State shall prescribe and distribute a registration application which may be used statewide to register to vote and update voter registration records. An applicant may use the application to register to vote or to update his or her voter registration record w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-312 Registration application; contents.
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The registration application prescribed by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 32-304 or 32-311.01 shall provide the instructional statements and request the information from the applicant as provided in this section. CITIZENSHIP—"Are you a citizen of the United States of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-312.01 Registration application; examine for sufficiency.
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The office personnel of the election commissioner or county clerk or the deputy registrar shall examine the information provided by the applicant on his or her application for registration and shall determine whether the applicant has provided sufficient information with which to…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-312.02 Registration application; required information.
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To avoid rejection of an application for registration or a delay in the processing of the application, the information provided by the applicant pursuant to section 32-312 who is applying to register for the first time in the state or following a cancellation of the person's prio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-312.03 Registration application; identity confirmation; identifying number.
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(1) Notwithstanding other deficiencies that may cause an application for registration to be rejected, failure of the applicant to provide his or her Nebraska driver's license number or last four digits of his or her social security number shall not cause the application to be rej…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-312.04 Registration application; use to update voter registration record; requirements.
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A registered voter using a registration application to update his or her voter registration record with changes in his or her personal information or other changes related to his or her eligibility to vote shall: (1) Provide all new information needed to ensure his or her voter r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-312.05 Voter registration record; effective date.
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The date that a person's voter registration record or an update of his or her voter registration record becomes effective is the date the person presented himself or herself in person to register, the date the registration application was delivered to the election commissioner or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-313 Qualifications of elector; abstract of felony convictions; clerks of court; duty; notification of federal court felony conviction; how treated.
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(1) No person is qualified to vote or to register to vote who is non compos mentis or who has been convicted of treason under the laws of the state or of the United States unless restored to civil rights. No person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this state o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-314 Loss of eligibility to vote; when; update voter registration record; when; change of residence within county; change of name or party affiliation; effect.
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(1) Any person going into another territory or state and registering to vote or voting in that territory or state shall lose his or her eligibility to vote in this state. Any person going into another county of this state and registering to vote or voting in that county shall los…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-315 Change of name or address; election commissioner or county clerk; duties.
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Upon receiving a completed voter registration application pursuant to section 32-308 or 32-310 indicating that a voter who is registered in the county has changed his or her name or moved to another residence within the same county, the election commissioner or county clerk shall…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-316 Certificate of registration; issuance; fee.
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The election commissioner or county clerk may issue a certificate of registration to any registered voter who requests a certificate verifying that he or she is a registered voter in the county and pays a fee of three dollars. The certificate of registration shall include the inf…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-317 Designation of postal address; when; no residence; how treated.
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Any registered voter whose residence address is not a permissible postal address may designate a postal address for registration records. When the election commissioner or county clerk has reason to believe that the registration residence address of a registered voter is not a pe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-318 Signature; when required.
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Any registered voter whose signature does not appear in the registration records, due to fading, damage, loss, or other circumstance that affects the appearance or presence of the signature, may be required to submit his or her signature on a form prescribed by the Secretary of S…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-318.01 Identification documents; required, when.
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(1)(a) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, a person who registers to vote by mail after January 1, 2003, and has not previously voted in an election within the state shall present a photographic identification which is current and valid or a copy of a utility bi…
Transferred to section 32-311.01.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-320 Acceptable mail-in forms; official registration applications; distribution; proceeds; how credited.
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The only mail-in forms which may be used to register to vote shall be the official registration application prescribed by the Secretary of State or the national mail voter registration application prescribed by the federal Election Assistance Commission. The Secretary of State sh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-320.01 Voter registration application; distribution by mail; requirements; applicability.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person or organization distributing voter registration applications by mail shall: (a) Use the form prescribed by the Secretary of State. The form shall contain on the top of the first page in bold type (i) the identit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-321 Voter registration applications; availability; Secretary of State; designated voter registration agency; mailing deadline; notice to applicant; when required; payment of postage costs.
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(1) Any elector may request a voter registration application from the office of the Secretary of State or the election commissioner or county clerk. The Secretary of State and the election commissioner or county clerk shall make registration applications prescribed by the Secreta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-322 Acknowledgment of registration; when required; duplicate registration; notice required.
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Upon receipt by the election commissioner or county clerk of a complete and correct registration application showing that the registrant is qualified to be a registered voter pursuant to sections 32-312.01 to 32-312.05, the registrant shall be a registered voter and the election …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-323 Validity of registration for petition purposes; when.
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Registration pursuant to section 32-304 or 32-308 or by mail shall not constitute a valid registration for purposes of signing any type of petition requiring the validation of the signatures of registered voters until a complete and correct registration application has been recei…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-324 Change of address; election commissioner or county clerk; duties; acknowledgment of registration; when.
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(1) When a person who previously has been registered to vote in another state registers to vote in Nebraska, the election commissioner or county clerk accepting the registration shall notify the appropriate election official in the other state that the voter has registered in Neb…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-325 Update of voter registration record; deadline; effect.
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(1) A registration application completed and signed by a registered voter seeking to update his or her voter registration record shall be completed in person at or delivered or mailed to the office of the election commissioner or county clerk or submitted pursuant to section 32-3…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-326 Removal of name and cancellation of registration; conditions.
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(1) The election commissioner or county clerk shall remove the name of a registered voter from the voter registration register and cancel the registration of such voter if: (a) The election commissioner or county clerk has received information that the voter is deceased; (b) The …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-327 Death of registered voter; removal from registration records; Department of Health and Human Services; duty.
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The election commissioner or county clerk may at any time remove from the voter registration register a voter registration of a deceased person when the election commissioner or county clerk has any supporting information of the death of such voter. The Department of Health and H…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-328 Voter registration register; precinct list; issuance of ballots; correction of errors; procedures.
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(1) The election commissioner or county clerk shall, upon the personal application of any registered voter or whenever informed of any error and after due investigation, correct any error in the voter registration register. For such purpose, the election commissioner or county cl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-329 Registration list; maintenance; voter registration register; verification; training; procedure; voter registration systems; information exempt from disclosure, when; Secretary of State; report.
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(1) The Secretary of State with the assistance of the election commissioners and county clerks shall perform list maintenance with respect to the computerized statewide voter registration list on a regular basis. The list maintenance shall be conducted in a manner that ensures th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-330 Voter registration register; public record; exception; examination; lists of registered voters; availability; breach in security; notice required.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of section 32-301, the voter registration register shall be a public record. Any person may examine the register at the office of the election commissioner or county clerk, but no person other than the Secretary of State, the ele…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-331 Confidential records; procedure.
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A registered voter may file an affidavit with the election commissioner or county clerk to have the information relating to his or her name, residence address, and telephone number remain confidential. If the registered voter is a program participant under the Address Confidentia…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-401 Statewide primary election; when held; purposes.
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The statewide primary election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in May in even-numbered years. The statewide primary election shall be held for the purposes of (1) nominating all candidates to be voted for at the statewide general election except (a) can…