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NE Code § 32-1405.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1405.02 - Initiative and referendum measures; public hearing; notice.

32-1405.02.  Initiative and referendum measures; public hearing; notice.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. Notice of each hearing shall be published once in such newspapers as are necessary to provide for general circulation within the congressional district in which the meeting will be held not less than five days prior to the hearing. The hearings shall be held not more than eight weeks prior to the election.Source  Laws 1995, LB 337, § 8.
NE Code § 32-1406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1406 - Initiative and referendum petitions; principal circulator; name and address.

32-1406.  Initiative and referendum petitions; principal circulator; name and address.The election commissioner or county clerk shall provide the name and address of the principal circulator of an initiative or referendum petition upon request. The principal circulator shall inform the election commissioner or county clerk of the name and address to be provided.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 388.
NE Code § 32-1407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1407 - Initiative petition; filing deadline; issue placed on ballot; when; referendum petition; filing deadline; affidavit of sponsor.

32-1407.  Initiative petition; filing deadline; issue placed on ballot; when; referendum petition; filing deadline; affidavit of sponsor.(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 prior to obtaining signatures, the issue presented by such petition shall be placed before the voters at the next general election occurring at least four months after the date that such copy is filed if the signed petitions are found to be valid and sufficient. All signed initiative petitions shall become invalid on the date of the first general election occurring at least four months after the date on which the copy of the form is filed with the Secretary of State.(3) Petitions invoking a referendum shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State within ninety days after the Legislature at which the act sought to be referred was passed has adjourned sine die or has adjourned for more than ninety days.(4) At the time of filing the signed petitions, at least one sponsor shall sign an affidavit certifying that the petitions contain a sufficient number of signatures to place the issue on the ballot if such number of signatures were found to be valid.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 389;  Laws 2019, LB411, § 63.  Annotations  Pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, county officials must determine whether each signer was registered as a voter on or before the date on which the petition was required to be filed with the Secretary of State. State ex rel. Bellino v. Moore, 254 Neb. 385, 576 N.W.2d 793 (1998). This section does not invalidate initiative petitions if the time required for a judicial determination of the validity of the initiative effort extends to a date beyond that of the next ensuing general election; in such event, the election is to be held as early after the judgment of the court as it can be. State ex rel. Labedz v. Beermann, 229 Neb. 657, 428 N.W.2d 608 (1988).
NE Code § 32-1408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1408 - Initiative and referendum petitions; Secretary of State; refuse filing; when.

32-1408.  Initiative and referendum petitions; Secretary of State; refuse filing; when.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 taxation in the manner as the Legislature may direct.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 390.
NE Code § 32-1411 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1411 - Initiative and referendum measures; numbering; placement on ballot.

32-1411.  Initiative and referendum measures; numbering; placement on ballot.(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 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, and so on.(2) When any initiative or referendum petition is regularly and legally filed with the Secretary of State, he or she shall, at the next general election, cause to be printed on an official ballot in a nonpartisan manner the ballot title and number of the measure. The ballot titles shall be printed on the official ballot in a random order as determined by the Secretary of State. The statement prepared by the Attorney General shall be printed in italics immediately preceding the ballot title on the official ballot. Measures proposed by initiative petition shall be designated and distinguished on the ballot by the heading Proposed by Initiative Petition. Measures referred by petition shall be designated Referendum ordered by Petition of the People. All initiative and referendum measures shall be submitted in a nonpartisan manner without any indication or suggestion on the ballot that they have been approved or endorsed by any political party or organization.(3) At the time the Secretary of State furnishes to the election commissioners or county clerks certified copies of the names of the candidates for state and other offices, the Secretary of State shall furnish to each election commissioner or county clerk a certified copy of the ballot titles and numbers of the measures proposed by initiative or referendum to be voted upon at the next general election. The election commissioner or county clerk shall print such ballot titles and numbers upon the official ballot in the order presented by the Secretary of State and the relative position required by this section.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 393;   Laws 1997, LB 460, § 9.
NE Code § 32-1413 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1413 - Initiative and referendum measures; publication required; rate.

32-1413.  Initiative and referendum measures; publication required; rate.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 the ballot title and text and the number of each measure to be submitted in the form in which the measure will be printed on the official ballot. The publication shall be at a rate charged as provided in section 33-141.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 395. Annotations This section is not applicable to amendments to the Constitution proposed by the Legislature. State ex rel. Hall v. Cline, 118 Neb. 150, 224 N.W. 6 (1929).
NE Code § 32-1414 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1414 - Initiative and referendum measures; counting, canvassing, and return of votes; proclamation by Governor.

32-1414.  Initiative and referendum measures; counting, canvassing, and return of votes; proclamation by Governor.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 sheets in the manner provided by section 32-1034 for abstracts of votes for state and county officers. The board of state canvassers shall canvass the votes upon each initiative or referendum measure in the same manner as is prescribed in the case of presidential electors. The Governor shall, within ten days of the completion of the canvass, issue his or her proclamation giving the whole number of votes cast in the state approving and rejecting each measure and declaring such measures as are approved by the constitutional number or majority of those voting to be in full force and effect as the law of the State of Nebraska from the date of such proclamation. If two or more measures are approved at such election which are known to conflict with each other or to contain conflicting provisions, the Governor shall also proclaim which is paramount in accordance with section 32-1416.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 396.
NE Code § 32-1415 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1415 - Initiative or referendum; approved; preservation and printing.

32-1415.  Initiative or referendum; approved; preservation and printing.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 identified and preserved. The Secretary of State shall cause every measure approved by the people to be printed with the general laws enacted by the next session of the Legislature with the date of the Governor's proclamation declaring the same to have been approved by the people.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 397.
NE Code § 32-1416 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1416 - Conflicting laws; adoption; which law controls.

32-1416.  Conflicting laws; adoption; which law controls.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 majority of affirmative votes. If two or more conflicting amendments to the Constitution of Nebraska are approved by the registered voters at the same election, the amendment which receives the greatest number of affirmative votes shall be paramount in all particulars as to which there is conflict even though such amendment may not have received the greater majority of affirmative votes.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 398.
NE Code § 32-1417 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1417 - Constitution of United States; proposed amendment; adoption or rejection; submission to voters for advisory vote.

32-1417.  Constitution of United States; proposed amendment; adoption or rejection; submission to voters for advisory vote.(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 amendment be submitted to a vote of the people for an advisory opinion as to whether the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall be adopted or rejected. The petition shall set forth at length the proposed amendment and shall be signed by a number of registered voters of the state equal to ten percent of the votes cast at the immediately preceding presidential election. The registered voters signing the petition shall be so distributed as to include two percent of the registered voters of each of three-fifths of the counties of the state. When the petition is filed with the Secretary of State, he or she shall submit the proposed amendment to the registered voters of the state at the first general election held at least four months after such petition has been filed.(2) The procedure for placing the proposed amendment on the ballot shall be the same as for placing initiated measures on the ballot under the Constitution and laws of Nebraska so far as is applicable. The ballot title on each such question submitted shall be designated as follows: Advisory Vote on Amendment to Constitution of United States Ordered by Petition of the People. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:Is it desirable that the Legislature ratify the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States:(Setting out proposed amendment)For ratificationAgainst ratification(3) The result of the vote cast on a question submitted under this section shall be regarded as advisory to the Legislature of the opinion of the people concerning such proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States but shall not be binding upon the Legislature or any member thereof or be considered as controlling in any action taken either to ratify or not to ratify such amendment.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 399.
NE Code § 32-1501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1501 - Interference or refusal to comply with Secretary of State; penalty.

32-1501.  Interference or refusal to comply with Secretary of State; penalty.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 misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 400.
NE Code § 32-1502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1502 - Election falsification; penalty.

32-1502.  Election falsification; penalty.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 before a court, tribunal, or public official or (2) in a matter in relation to which an oath or statement under penalty of election falsification is authorized by law, including a statement required for verifying or filing a voter registration application or voting early or a statement required by a new or former resident to enable him or her to vote for President or Vice President of the United States. Any person committing election falsification shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.Source   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 401;  Laws 2005, LB 98, § 30;  Laws 2005, LB 566, § 55.
NE Code § 32-1503 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1503 - Registration of voters; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1503.  Registration of voters; prohibited acts; penalty.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 under any false, assumed, or fictitious name, or in or under any name not his or her own, (3) knowingly or fraudulently registers in two election districts, (4) having registered in one district, fraudulently attempts or offers to register at any other election district in which he or she does not have a lawful right to register, (5) knowingly or willfully does any unlawful act to secure registration for himself or herself or any other person, (6) knowingly, willfully, or fraudulently, by false impersonation or by any unlawful means, causes, procures, or attempts to cause or procure the name of any registered voter in any election precinct to be erased or stricken from any register of the voters of such precinct, (7) by force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward, offer or promise of reward, or other unlawful means, prevents, hinders, or delays any person having a lawful right to register or to be registered from duly exercising such right, (8) knowingly, willfully, or fraudulently compels, induces, or attempts or offers to compel or induce, by any unlawful means, any deputy registrar to register any person not lawfully entitled to registration in such precinct or to register any false, assumed, or fictitious name or any name of any other person, (9) knowingly, willfully, or fraudulently interferes with, hinders, or delays any deputy registrar in the discharge of his or her duties, (10) counsels, advises, induces, or attempts to induce any deputy registrar to refuse to perform or neglect to comply with his or her duties or to violate any of the provisions of the Election Act, or (11) aids, counsels, procures, or advises any person to do any act forbidden by this section or to omit to do any act by law directed to be done shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 402.
NE Code § 32-1504 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1504 - Deputy registrar; neglect of duties; penalty.

32-1504.  Deputy registrar; neglect of duties; penalty.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 by sections 32-301 to 32-330 shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 403.
NE Code § 32-1505 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1505 - Deputy registrar; liquor violations; penalty.

32-1505.  Deputy registrar; liquor violations; penalty.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 registration. A person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 404.
NE Code § 32-1506 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1506 - Election records; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1506.  Election records; prohibited acts; penalty.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 steals, willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, falsifies, or fraudulently removes such paper, document, or evidence or any part thereof, who fraudulently makes an entry, erasure, or alteration in such paper, document, or evidence except as allowed and directed by the Election Act, who permits any other person to commit any violation listed in this section, or who advises, procures, or abets the commission of such a violation shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall forfeit his or her office. Any other person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 405.
NE Code § 32-1507 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1507 - False swearing; political party affiliation; penalty.

32-1507.  False swearing; political party affiliation; penalty.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.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 406.
NE Code § 32-1508 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1508 - Willful or corrupt false swearing; registration of voters; penalty.

32-1508.  Willful or corrupt false swearing; registration of voters; penalty.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.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 407.
NE Code § 32-1510 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1510 - Interference with voter registration; penalty.

32-1510.  Interference with voter registration; penalty.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 Class III misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 409.
NE Code § 32-1511 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1511 - Interference with deputy registrar; penalty.

32-1511.  Interference with deputy registrar; penalty.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 of voters or revision of voter registration lists, or (3) unlawfully molests, interferes with, removes, or ejects from any place of registration or revision of registration any deputy registrar or unlawfully threatens, attempts, or offers to do so shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 410.
NE Code § 32-1512 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1512 - Voter registration; irregularities or defects; not a defense; when.

32-1512.  Voter registration; irregularities or defects; not a defense; when.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 to 32-1511.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 411.
NE Code § 32-1513 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1513 - Candidate filing form; nominating petitions; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1513.  Candidate filing form; nominating petitions; prohibited acts; penalty.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 primary election, (2) offers to accept or receives any money or any valuable thing in consideration for withdrawing his or her name as a candidate for nomination at a primary election, (3) offers or, with knowledge of the same, permits any person to offer for his or her benefit any bribe to a voter to induce him or her to sign any candidate filing form or accept any such bribe or promise of gain of any kind in the nature of a bribe as a consideration for signing the same whether such bribe or promise of gain in the nature of a bribe is offered or accepted before or after such signing, or (4) signs more petitions for nomination than there are positions to fill in any kind of office shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 412.
NE Code § 32-1514 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1514 - Candidate filing form; forgery; penalty.

32-1514.  Candidate filing form; forgery; penalty.Any person who forges any candidate filing form shall be guilty of a Class III felony.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 413.
NE Code § 32-1515 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 32 - Elections|32-1515 - Candidate filing form; wrongful failure to file; penalty.

32-1515.  Candidate filing form; wrongful failure to file; penalty.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 the proper office shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.Source  Laws 1994, LB 76, § 414.