Chapter 32 — ELECTIONS
544 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-618 Nomination by petition; number of signatures required; signature verification; excess signatures.
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(1) The number of signatures of registered voters needed to place the name of a candidate upon the nonpartisan ballot for the general election shall be as follows: (a) For each nonpartisan office other than members of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska and board m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-619 Governor; selection of running mate; when.
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Any candidate for the office of Governor circulating petitions or having petitions circulated in his or her behalf after the primary election and prior to the general election shall, prior to the circulation of such petitions, select the person whom he or she wishes to be his or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-619.01 Governor; selection of running mate; filing; procedure.
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The candidate for Governor of each political party receiving the highest number of votes in the primary election shall select a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the same political party by filing an affidavit indicating his or her choice with the Secretary of State. The candi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-620 President and Vice President; candidates; certification; new political party; how treated; requirements; nonpartisan status; filing; application; contents; decline ballot placement; when.
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(1) Partisan candidates for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States on the general election ballot shall be certified to the Governor and Secretary of State by the national nominating convention as provided by law. (2) Candidates for the offices of Presid…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-620.01 President; nonpartisan candidates; nomination petition; form.
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In addition to the requirements of subsection (3) of section 32-620, the form of a petition for nonpartisan candidates for President of the United States shall be substantially as follows: Petition for Office of President of the United States Name of Candidate: ............ Resid…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-621 New political party; candidates; filing fee; petition of nomination; signature verification; excess signatures.
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When a new political party has been properly established under section 32-716 prior to the general election and after the primary election of the same year, all candidates except candidates for President or Vice President of the United States shall pay the filing fee as provided …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-622 Candidates; withdrawal after filing; notice, to whom given; extension of time for declination.
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(1) If any person who has filed for elective office pursuant to subsection (1) of section 32-606 notifies the filing officer in writing duly acknowledged by March 1 before the primary election that he or she declines to be a candidate, the name shall not be printed on the primary…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-622.01 Candidate; name change; documentation required; objection; procedure.
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(1) Any person who has filed for elective office pursuant to subsection (1) of section 32-606 whose legal name has changed since filing may change the name to appear on the ballot to reflect the person's changed legal name by March 1 before the primary election. The candidate sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-622.02 Candidates with identical first and last names; placement on ballot; procedure.
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If two or more candidates with identical first and last names file for the same office in a primary, general, or special election, the filing officer shall notify the candidates within five days after the nonincumbent filing deadline for that office and specify that the candidate…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-623 Declination of nomination; deadline; notice, to whom given; vacancy, how filled.
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If any person nominated for elective office for the general election notifies the filing officer with whom the candidate filing form or other acceptance of nomination was filed by filing a statement, in writing and duly acknowledged, that he or she declines such nomination on or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-624 Primary or general election; candidate filing forms; objections; notice; actions authorized; filing officer; powers and duties.
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(1) A candidate filing form filed for the primary or general election pursuant to section 32-606 shall be deemed to be valid unless objections are made in writing within seven days after the filing deadline. If an objection is made, notice shall be sent in writing to all candidat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-624.01 Special election; candidate filing form; objections; notice; filing officer; duty; court order; effect.
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(1) A candidate filing form filed for a special election pursuant to section 32-606.01 shall be deemed to be valid unless objections are made in writing within three business days after the filing deadline. If an objection is made, notice shall be sent in writing to all candidate…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-625 Vacancy on ballot; how filled.
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(1) If there is a vacancy on the ballot for a nonpartisan office after the time for filing and before the primary election, the vacancy may only be filled by a petition candidate after the primary election pursuant to sections 32-617 and 32-618. (2) A vacancy shall exist on the b…
Repealed. Laws 2002, LB 251, § 9.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-627 Partisan office; vacancy on ballot; how filled.
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(1) If a vacancy on the ballot arises for any partisan office except President and Vice President of the United States before a general election, the vacancy shall be filled by the majority vote of the proper committee of the same political party. If the vacancy exists for an off…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-628 Petitions; requirements.
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(1) All petitions prepared or filed pursuant to the Election Act or any petition which requires the Secretary of State, election commissioner, or county clerk to verify signatures by utilizing the voter registration register shall provide a space at least two and one-half inches …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-629 Petitions; signer; qualification; exceptions; circulator; qualification.
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For any petition prepared or filed pursuant to the Election Act: (1) Each petition signer shall be a registered voter and qualified to sign a petition at the time of signing a petition, except that a signer of a petition for President of the United States, a candidate petition, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-630 Petitions; signers and circulators; duties; prohibited acts.
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(1) Each person who signs a petition shall, at the time of and in addition to signing, personally affix the date, print his or her last name and first name in full, and affix his or her date of birth and address, including the street and number or a designation of a rural route o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-631 Petitions; filing; signature verification; procedure.
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(1) Any petition prepared or filed pursuant to the Election Act shall be filed as one instrument, and no additional petition papers may be submitted after filing. All petitions that are filed with the Secretary of State, election commissioner, or county clerk for signature verifi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-632 Petition; removal of name; procedure.
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(1) Any person may remove his or her name from a petition by signing and delivering a written letter to the Secretary of State, election commissioner, or county clerk. Name removal letters shall be filed with the following officers: (a) For initiative and referendum petitions, ne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-633 President; write-in campaign; filing; application; contents.
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Any person engaged in or pursuing a write-in campaign for the office of President of the United States shall file with the Secretary of State a notarized affidavit of his or her intent together with an application containing: (1) The name of the person pursuing the write-in campa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-701 Political party; file delegate selection plan; contents; President; preference vote.
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(1) Each political party which is organized in Nebraska shall file a copy of the party's plan for selecting delegates and alternate delegates to the party's national convention with the Secretary of State on or before December 1 of the calendar year prior to each presidential ele…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-702 Partisan primary election; candidate; affiliation required; when; rule or revocation of rule; when effective.
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Any political party may, by the adoption of a rule, require that any individual whose name is placed on such party's partisan primary election ballot be a registered voter affiliated with such party. If the political party adopts or revokes the rule and notifies the Secretary of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-702.01 Partisan primary election; unaffiliated voters; party rule; effect.
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Any political party desiring to permit registered voters who are not affiliated with a political party to vote for candidates of that party in the primary election shall file a letter stating that the governing body of the political party has adopted a rule allowing registered vo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-703 Delegates to national convention; selection or election; national party rules; state political party; duty.
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In each presidential election year, the total number of delegates and alternate delegates representing this state at the national conventions of the political parties and their method of selection or election shall be determined by the rules of the national political party holdin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-704 Candidates; delegate or alternate delegate to national convention; filing form; contents.
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Any person seeking to be elected as a delegate or alternate delegate to the national convention of a political party shall submit a filing form under this section regardless of the method of election used by the political party. The filing form for nomination of a candidate for e…
Repealed. Laws 2025, LB521, § 87.
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Repealed. Laws 2014, LB 1048, § 13.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-707 County conventions; time; place; notice; delegates; selection.
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(1) A political party may conduct county conventions at an hour and place to be designated by a political party. The political party shall cause to be published, at least seven days prior to the date of the county convention, an official notice of the date, time, and place of the…
Repealed. Laws 2014, LB 1048, § 13.
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Repealed. Laws 2014, LB 1048, § 13.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-710 State conventions; when held; organization; platform; selection of presidential electors.
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Each political party shall hold a state convention biennially on a date to be fixed by the state central committee but not later than September 1. Candidates for elective offices may be nominated at such conventions pursuant to section 32-627 or 32-721. Such nominations shall be …
Repealed. Laws 2014, LB 1048, § 13.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-712 President and Vice President; candidates; certification of names and addresses; time; Secretary of State; place names on ballot.
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Not later than September 8 prior to any general election at which candidates for President and Vice President of the United States are to be voted upon by the registered voters of the state, the appropriate officers of the various national political party conventions shall certif…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-713 Presidential electors; notice of appointment; meeting; pledge.
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(1) The certificates of appointment for presidential electors shall be served by the Governor on each person appointed. The Governor shall notify the presidential electors to be at the meeting location designated by the Governor at noon on the first Tuesday after the second Wedne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-714 Presidential electors; vacancies; how filled; meeting; procedure; violation of pledge; effect.
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(1) The Governor shall provide each presidential elector with a list of all the presidential electors. If any presidential elector is absent or if there is a deficiency in the proper number of presidential electors, those present shall elect from the citizens of the state so many…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-715 Presidential electors; compensation.
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The Secretary of State shall incorporate in his or her budget the sum of five hundred dollars for the payment of requests for payment or reimbursement presented by the presidential electors of the electoral college. The electors shall receive compensation of five dollars for each…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-716 New political party; formation; petition; requirements.
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(1) Any person, group, or association desiring to form a new political party shall present to the Secretary of State petitions containing signatures totaling not less than one percent of the total votes cast for Governor at the most recent general election for such office. The si…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-716.01 New political party; petition; form.
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In addition to the requirements of section 32-716, the form of a petition to form a new political party shall be substantially as follows: Petition for Formation of a New Political Party Name of Party to be Formed: ............ Purpose of Party: ............ To the Honorable ....…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-717 New political party; validity of petition signatures; notice; copy of constitution and bylaws; filed; certification of establishment.
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(1) Within twenty business days after all the petitions to form a new political party which contain signatures are filed with the Secretary of State, he or she shall determine the validity and sufficiency of such petitions and signatures. Clerical and technical errors in a petiti…
Repealed. Laws 2012, LB 1035, § 5.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-719 Political party conventions; individual vote; unit voting prohibited.
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At all political party conventions held under sections 32-707 and 32-710, each delegate shall be entitled to register his or her individual vote, and it shall be unlawful to attempt to bind any delegate by any political party or convention rules requiring the delegates from any p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-720 Division of political party ballot; preference; how determined; dissolution of political party; procedure; effect.
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(1) In case of a division of any political party, the Secretary of State shall give the preference of party name to the convention held at the time and place designated in the call of the regularly constituted political party authorities, and if the other faction presents no othe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-721 Candidate at special election; nomination by convention or committee; certificates of nomination; time of filing.
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Any candidate of any political party for an office to be filled at a special election shall be nominated by a convention or central committee of his or her political party. The nomination shall be in writing, shall contain the name of the office for which each person was nominate…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-801 Official ballot; certifications required.
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At least fifty days before any statewide primary or general election, the Secretary of State shall transmit in ballot form to each election commissioner or county clerk a certification of the candidates, offices, and issues that appear on the state ballot. The certification prior…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-802 Notice of election; contents.
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The notice of election for any election shall state the date on which the election is to be held and the hours the polls will be open and list all offices, candidates, and issues that will appear on the ballots. The notice of election shall be printed in English and in any other …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-803 Sample of official ballot; publication; requirements; rate; limitation.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided, the election commissioner or county clerk shall publish a sample of the official ballot in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county. The sample shall be printed in English and in any other language required pursuant to the Voti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-804 Sample ballots; distribution.
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If in the judgment of the election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk the sample ballot published in the newspaper will not be seen by the voters generally, sample ballots may be printed on light red, light green, or light pink paper. The sample ballots shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-805 Ballots; preparation; contents; posting.
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The election commissioner or county clerk shall prepare the necessary ballots for every election in which candidates for elective office are certified to or filed with the election commissioner or county clerk or whenever any question is to be submitted to a vote of the registere…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-806 Official ballots; color; type style and size; envelope for ballot; restrictions.
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(1) All official ballots prepared pursuant to the Election Act shall be white in color, except that the election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk may designate a distinctive color of ballot or ink for city, village, or school elections or, when authorized by t…