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NE Code § 32-807 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-807 - Ballots; number; printing and delivery.

32-807.  Ballots; number; printing and delivery.The election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk shall print and deliver to each precinct or district in the county, city, or village an approximate number of ballots based upon what would appear sufficient at the time the ballots are to be printed. Such totals shall take into consideration increases in registration, early voting, annexations, changes in boundaries, spoiled ballots, and any other factor that may influence the total number of ballots needed. Additional ballots shall be printed to meet any contingency in order to provide a sufficient number of ballots for each precinct or district in the county, city, or village.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 228;  Laws 2005, LB 98, § 7.  Annotations Under this section, the number of ballots to be printed is not a fixed and certain quantity, but is the result of computation by the clerk and is subject in some degree to his discretion. Wahlquist v. Adams County, 94 Neb. 682, 144 N.W. 171 (1913).
NE Code § 32-808 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-808 - Ballots for early voting; delivery; special ballot; publication of application form.

32-808.  Ballots for early voting; delivery; special ballot; publication of application form.(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 32-939.02, ballots for early voting to be mailed pursuant to section 32-941 shall be ready for delivery to registered voters at least thirty-five days prior to each statewide primary or general election and at least fifteen days prior to all other elections.(2) The election commissioner or county clerk shall not mail or issue any ballot for early voting if the election to which such ballot pertains has already been held.(3) The election commissioner or county clerk shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county an application form to be used by registered voters in making an application for a ballot for early voting after the ballots become available. The publication of the application shall not be required if the election is held by mail pursuant to sections 32-952 to 32-959.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 229;   Laws 1996, LB 964, § 4;   Laws 1997, LB 764, § 74;  Laws 1999, LB 571, § 3;  Laws 2005, LB 98, § 8;  Laws 2007, LB646, § 5;  Laws 2010, LB951, § 3;  Laws 2013, LB271, § 1. Cross References  Ballots for early voting for school bond elections, see section 10-703.01.
NE Code § 32-809 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-809 - Statewide primary election; official ballot; form; contents.

32-809.  Statewide primary election; official ballot; form; contents.(1) The form of the official ballot at the statewide primary election shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State. At the top of the ballot and over all else shall be printed in boldface type the name of the political party, ....... Official Ballot, Primary Election 20.. . Each division containing the names of the office and a list of candidates for such office shall be separated from other groups by a bold line. The ballot shall list at-large candidates and subdistrict candidates under appropriate headings.(2) All proposals for constitutional amendments, candidates for delegates to the national political party conventions, and candidates on the nonpartisan ballot shall be submitted on a ballot where bold lines separate one office or issue from another. Proposals for constitutional amendments proposed by the Legislature shall be placed on the ballot as provided in sections 49-201 to 49-211. Each candidate for delegate to the national political party convention shall have his or her preference for the candidacy for the office of President of the United States or the fact that he or she is uncommitted shown on the ballot in parenthesis and indented on the line immediately below the name of the candidate. All constitutional amendments shall be placed on a separate ballot when a paper ballot is used which requires the ballot after being voted to be folded before being deposited in a ballot box. When an optical-scan ballot is used which requires a ballot envelope or sleeve in which the ballot after being voted is placed before being deposited in a ballot box, constitutional amendments may be printed on either side of the ballot and shall be separated from other offices or issues by a bold line. Constitutional amendments so arranged shall constitute a separate ballot.(3) Except as otherwise provided in section 32-811, the statewide primary election ballot shall contain the name of every candidate filing or recognized under subsection (1) of section 32-606 and sections 32-611, 32-613, and 32-614 and no other names. No name of a candidate for member of the Legislature or an elective office described in Article IV, section 1, of the Constitution of Nebraska shall appear on any ballot or any series of ballots at any primary election more than once except for the names of candidates for the office of delegate to a county, state, or national political party convention. When two or more of the last names of candidates for the same office at the primary election are the same in spelling or sound, the official ballots may, on the request of any such candidate, have his or her address printed immediately below his or her name in capital and lowercase letters in lightface type of the same size as the type in which the name of the candidate is printed.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 230;  Laws 2003, LB 358, § 11;  Laws 2012, LB878, § 4.
NE Code § 32-810 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-810 - Primary election ballot; arrangement of names and proposals.

32-810.  Primary election ballot; arrangement of names and proposals.(1) The election commissioner or county clerk shall place the names of all partisan candidates certified to him or her by the Secretary of State and of those partisan candidates filing in his or her office on a primary election ballot headed with the political party designation. The names of each nonpartisan candidate certified by the Secretary of State and of each nonpartisan candidate filing in the office of the election commissioner or county clerk shall be placed on the primary election ballot headed by the words Nonpartisan Ticket.(2) If any office is not subject to the upcoming election, the office shall be omitted from the ballot and the remaining offices shall move up so that the same relative order is preserved. The order of any offices may be altered to allow for the best utilization of ballot space in order to avoid printing a second ballot when one ballot would be sufficient if an optical-scan ballot is used. All proposals on the ballot submitted by a political subdivision shall follow all offices on the ballot for such political subdivision.(3) The election commissioner or county clerk shall follow the order of precincts or wards as set out in the official abstract book on file in his or her office in preparing the official ballots. At the primary election, on the first set of ballots for the first precinct or ward shall be the names of candidates filing by date and hour as certified by the Secretary of State and for local candidates the names of candidates shall be listed in the order of filing by date and hour with the election commissioner or county clerk. When there are more candidates than vacancies for the same office, the names of all partisan and nonpartisan candidates at a primary election shall be rotated precinct by precinct in each office division in the order in which the precincts are set out in the official abstract book. In making the changes of position, the printer shall take the line of type at the head of each office division and place it at the bottom of that division, shoving up the column so that the name that was second shall be first after the change.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 231;   Laws 1997, LB 764, § 75;  Laws 1999, LB 571, § 4;  Laws 2003, LB 358, § 12.
NE Code § 32-811 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-811 - Political subdivisions; certain county officers; political party convention delegates; names not on ballot; when.

32-811.  Political subdivisions; certain county officers; political party convention delegates; names not on ballot; when.(1)(a) If the names of candidates properly filed for nomination at the primary election for directors of natural resources districts, directors of public power districts, members of airport authority boards elected pursuant to sections 32-547 to 32-549, members of the boards of governors of community college areas, members of the boards of Class III or Class V school districts which nominate candidates at a primary election, and officers of cities of the first or second class and cities having a city manager plan of government do not exceed two candidates for each position to be filled, any such candidates shall be declared nominated and their names shall not appear on any primary election ballots.(b) If the number of candidates properly filed for the nomination of a political party at the primary election for any county officer elected pursuant to sections 32-517 to 32-529 does not exceed the number of candidates to be nominated by that party for that office, any such properly filed candidates shall be declared nominated and their names shall not appear on any primary election ballots.(c) The official abstract of votes kept by the county or state shall show the names of such candidates with the statement Nominated Without Opposition. The election commissioner or county clerk shall place the names of such automatically nominated candidates on the general election ballot as provided in section 32-814 or 32-815.(2) Candidates shall not appear on the ballot in the primary election for the offices listed in subsection (2) of section 32-606.(3) If the number of candidates for delegates to a county or national political party convention are the same in number or less than the number of candidates to be elected, the names shall not appear on the primary election ballot and those so filed shall receive a certificate of election.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 232;   Laws 1995, LB 194, § 8;   Laws 1997, LB 764, § 76;  Laws 2003, LB 15, § 1;  Laws 2011, LB449, § 7;  Laws 2012, LB878, § 5;  Laws 2012, LB1035, § 2;  Laws 2014, LB56, § 2.
NE Code § 32-812 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-812 - Statewide general election; official ballot; form.

32-812.  Statewide general election; official ballot; form.The form of the official ballot at the statewide general election shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State. At the top of the ballot for general elections and over all else shall be printed in boldface type the words Official Ballot, General Election, November ........., 20.... . Each division containing the names of the office and a list of candidates nominated for such office shall be separated from other groups by a bold line. The ballot shall list at-large candidates and subdistrict candidates under appropriate headings.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 233;  Laws 2004, LB 813, § 15.
NE Code § 32-815 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-815 - General election ballot; partisan candidates; placement and rotation of names.

32-815.  General election ballot; partisan candidates; placement and rotation of names.(1) The names of candidates for each partisan elective office shall be arranged on the ballot of the general election so that the political party polling the highest number of votes at the last general election for Governor will have the name of its nominee immediately beneath the name of the office for which the candidate was nominated, the political party polling the second highest number of votes will have the second place, the political party having the third highest number of votes will have the third place, and continuing with the political parties in descending order of number of votes, leaving those candidates whose names appear upon the ballot by petition to appear beneath all other candidates placed there by nomination. For each office for which there are more candidates than vacancies and there are two or more nominees of the same political party, the election commissioner or county clerk shall rotate the names of such candidates on the official ballot. In printing the ballots for the various election districts, the positions of the names shall be changed in each office division for each election district. In making the change of position, the printer shall take the line of type at the head of each division and place it at the bottom of that division, shoving up the column so that the name that was second shall be first after the change.(2) The name of the person receiving the highest number of votes at a primary election as the candidate of a political party for an office shall be placed on the official ballot except as otherwise provided in the Election Act. Except as provided in section 32-811 for automatically nominated candidates, no person shall be certified as a candidate of any political party for such office by the Secretary of State, election commissioner, or county clerk unless the person receives a number of votes at least equal to five percent of the total ballots cast at the primary election by registered voters affiliated with that political party in the district which the office serves and meets the requirements for the office.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 236;   Laws 1997, LB 764, § 78;  Laws 1999, LB 571, § 6;  Laws 2014, LB56, § 3. Annotations  A write-in candidate, who receives the requisite number of votes cast by a political party at a primary election, is the nominee of that party. State ex rel. Driscoll v. Swanson, 127 Neb. 715, 256 N.W. 872 (1934). Before a person can be the nominee of any political party, such person must receive the requisite number of votes cast by that party at the primary election. State ex rel. Dickinson v. Sheldon, 80 Neb. 4, 113 N.W. 802 (1907).
NE Code § 32-816 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-816 - Official ballots; write-in space provided; exceptions; requirements.

32-816.  Official ballots; write-in space provided; exceptions; requirements.(1) A blank space shall be provided at the end of each office division on the ballot for registered voters to fill in the name of any person for whom they wish to vote and whose name is not printed upon the ballot. A square or oval shall be printed opposite each write-in space similar to the square or oval placed opposite other candidates and issues on the ballot. The square or oval shall be marked to vote for a write-in candidate whose name appears in the write-in space provided.(2) The Secretary of State shall approve write-in space for optical-scan ballots and any other voting system authorized for use under the Election Act. Adequate provision shall be made for write-in votes sufficient to allow one write-in space for each office to be elected at any election except offices for which write-in votes are specifically prohibited. The write-in ballot shall clearly identify the office for which such write-in vote is cast. The write-in space shall be a part of the official ballot, may be on the envelope or a separate piece of paper from the printed portion of the ballot, and shall allow the voter adequate space to fill in the name of the candidate for whom he or she desires to cast his or her ballot.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 237;   Laws 1997, LB 764, § 79;  Laws 2001, LB 252, § 2;  Laws 2003, LB 358, § 14;  Laws 2010, LB852, § 1;  Laws 2019, LB411, § 42;  Laws 2021, LB285, § 14.   Effective Date: May 27, 2021  Annotations  Where a voter writes in a name on the ballot, he must make a cross or other clear intelligible mark in the square opposite the written name to have the ballot counted. Yeoman v. Houston, 168 Neb. 855, 97 N.W.2d 634 (1959). Since the nonpartisan judiciary act is silent as to write-in candidates, this section applies and permits the placing of blank lines on the ballots for write-in purposes. State ex rel. Zeilinger v. Thompson, 134 Neb. 739, 279 N.W. 462 (1938). The voters of the state have an unimpeded right to vote for any candidate for public office as a write-in candidate although such candidate may not be entitled to have his name placed on either the primary ballot or on the general election ballot as a candidate by petition. State ex rel. Nelson v. Marsh, 123 Neb. 423, 243 N.W. 277 (1932). In the absence of fraud or an unlawful purpose, a ballot with the name of a candidate written in should be counted although the name of the same candidate is also printed on the ballot. Shaw v. Stewart, 115 Neb. 315, 212 N.W. 760 (1927). This section is general in application and did not supersede the nonpartisan judiciary act. State ex rel. Oleson v. Minor, 105 Neb. 228, 180 N.W. 84 (1920). A candidate for an office on the nonpolitical ballot may be nominated by having his name written in by a sufficient number of electors at the primary election. State ex rel. Hughes v. Hogeboom, 103 Neb. 603, 173 N.W. 589 (1919).
NE Code § 32-817 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-817 - Official ballots; printing requirements.

32-817.  Official ballots; printing requirements.The names of the candidates shall be set in boldface type using capital and lowercase letters. A square or oval shall be printed opposite the name of each candidate. At the general election, the name of the party represented by a candidate for partisan office shall be printed in capital and lowercase letters next to the name. Proposals submitted by initiative or referendum or for constitutional amendments shall be printed in capital and lowercase letters, but the title heading and number thereof shall be in boldface type, and the square or oval for voting thereon shall be printed opposite the text so that it is clear for which issue the voter is casting a vote. Ballots shall be printed with substantially the same appearance, including type and form, as the sample ballot furnished by the Secretary of State.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 238;  Laws 2003, LB 358, § 15.
NE Code § 32-818 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-818 - Death of candidate; removal of name from ballot.

32-818.  Death of candidate; removal of name from ballot.The Secretary of State, election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk may remove a name from the ballot upon personal knowledge or proof of death at any time prior to the actual printing of the ballot even if the notice of election has been published containing the name of such deceased candidate or nominee.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 239.
NE Code § 32-819 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-819 - Ballots; errors; how corrected.

32-819.  Ballots; errors; how corrected.(1) Whenever it appears by affidavit that an error or omission has occurred in the name or description of a candidate nominated for office or in the printing of the sample or official ballots, the county or district judge sitting at chambers may by order, upon the application of any registered voter, require the election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk to correct such error or to show cause why such error or omission should not be corrected.(2) The election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk shall correct without delay any patent error in the ballots which he or she may discover or which is brought to his or her attention and which can be corrected without interfering with the timely distribution of the ballots.(3) The election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk shall not be required to correct any error on the ballot after the thirty-fifth day prior to the election except as otherwise ordered by the court.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 240;  Laws 2002, LB 935, § 7.  Annotations  This section requires the county clerk to correct any patent errors discovered in the ballots and provides a summary method of coercion if he fails to do so. Wahlquist v. Adams County, 94 Neb. 682, 144 N.W. 171 (1913). An objection to the form of the ballot cannot be made after the election has been held. Tutt v. Hawkins, 53 Neb. 367, 73 N.W. 692 (1898). This section provides the method for correcting the political or other description of the candidates on the ballots as printed. State ex rel. Crawford v. Norris, 37 Neb. 299, 55 N.W. 1086 (1893). Objections to the form of the ballot cannot be made after the election. State ex rel. Christy v. Stein, 35 Neb. 848, 53 N.W. 999 (1892).
NE Code § 32-820 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-820 - Ballots; political party circle or other predetermined selection; prohibited.

32-820.  Ballots; political party circle or other predetermined selection; prohibited.No official ballot for an elective office within this state shall contain any political party circle or any provision for voting for all candidates of one political party or for a predetermined selection of candidates of one political party by the making of a mark or other indication.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 241. Annotations This section is independent legislation abolishing the party circle, a repeal as distinguished from an amendment, and is constitutional. State ex rel. Kaspar v. Lehmkuhl, 127 Neb. 812, 257 N.W. 229 (1934).
NE Code § 32-821 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-821 - Ballots; delivery to election officials; unofficial ballots; when authorized.

32-821.  Ballots; delivery to election officials; unofficial ballots; when authorized.Before the opening of the polls the election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk shall cause to be delivered to the judges of election at each polling place the proper number of ballots as provided for in section 32-807. The ballots for each precinct shall be enclosed in a sealed packet marked with the proper designation of the precinct, and at the opening of the polls, the package of ballots shall be publicly broken by one of the judges of election. If for any cause the official ballots prepared by the election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk are not ready for distribution at any polling place or if the supply of ballots is exhausted before the polls are closed, printed, copied, or written ballots which are as nearly as possible in the form of official ballots may be used.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 242.
NE Code § 32-822 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-822 - Ballots; numbering of classes.

32-822.  Ballots; numbering of classes.When voters are presented with more than one ballot on election day, the election commissioner, county clerk, or city or village clerk may number each class of ballots to identify the style, precinct, or number of split ballots for convenience in distributing and counting the ballots. No number shall be placed or printed upon a ballot to be recorded so as to be able to determine the identity of the person who voted such ballot.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 243.