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2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 ratification
Against 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1516 - Candidate filing form; initials or signatures on ballot; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1516.
Candidate filing form; initials or signatures on ballot; prohibited acts; penalty.
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 falsely made, suppresses any duly filed candidate filing form or any part thereof, or 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.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 415;
Laws 1997, LB 764, § 107.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1517 - Election officials; employers; prohibited acts; penalties.

32-1517.
Election officials; employers; prohibited acts; penalties.
(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 judge or clerk of election who threatens to discharge or coerces or attempts to coerce such person by reason of his or her service as an inspector or a judge or clerk of election shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and such employer shall be subject to a mandatory five-hundred-dollar fine upon conviction.
(3) Any employer of a person appointed to be a precinct or district inspector or a judge or clerk of election who discharges such person from employment, docks such person's pay, overtime pay, sick leave, or vacation time, or in any other way penalizes such person because of his or her service as an inspector, a judge, or a clerk shall be guilty of a Class III felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 416.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1518 - Election officials; other violations of Election Act; penalty; political subdivision; member of governing body; failure or refusal to perform duty; penalty.

32-1518.
Election officials; other violations of Election Act; penalty; political subdivision; member of governing body; failure or refusal to perform duty; penalty.
(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 omits to perform any such duty shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor and shall forfeit his or her office.
(2) Any member of a governing body of a political subdivision upon whom a duty is imposed under subsection (2) of section 32-1306 who fails or refuses to perform such duty is guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 417;
Laws 2022, LB843, § 48.
Annotations
Under this section, a county clerk who neglects to furnish ballots and correct them, as required by the election laws, is liable to forfeit his office and to be fined and imprisoned. Wahlquist v. Adams County, 94 Neb. 682, 144 N.W. 171 (1913).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1519 - Judge or clerk of election; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1519.
Judge or clerk of election; prohibited acts; penalty.
(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 or her in accordance with the Election Act, (c) refuses to take the oath prescribed by the act, (d) sanctions the refusal by any other judge of election to administer any oath required by the act when such oath is required, or (e) refuses to receive or sanctions the rejection of a ballot from any registered voter at the place where such registered voter properly and legally offers to vote shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
(2) Any judge or clerk of election on whom any duty is enjoined by the act who willfully neglects any such duty or who engages in any corrupt conduct in the discharge of his or her duty shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 418.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1520 - Ballot with unlawful printing; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1520.
Ballot with unlawful printing; prohibited acts; penalty.
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 guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 419.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1521 - Persons authorized to print and distribute ballots; violation; penalty.

32-1521.
Persons authorized to print and distribute ballots; violation; penalty.
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.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 420.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1522 - Ballots and other election documents; prohibited acts; penalties.

32-1522.
Ballots and other election documents; prohibited acts; penalties.
(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 permits to be opened any sealed packages containing ballots, (b) gives or delivers to any person not lawfully entitled thereto an official ballot, or (c) unlawfully misplaces or carries away, negligently loses, permits to be taken away from him or her, fails to deliver, or destroys any such package of ballots or any ballot, blank, list of voters book and official summary of votes cast, card of instructions, or other required paper shall be guilty of a Class III felony.
(2) Any printer employed to print the official ballots or any person engaged in printing the same who knowingly and willfully (a) prints or causes or permits to be printed any official ballots printed otherwise than the copy for the same furnished by the election commissioner or county clerk, (b) prints any false or fraudulent ballots, (c) appropriates any of such ballots to himself or herself or gives, delivers, or knowingly permits any of such ballots to be taken by any person other than the election commissioner or county clerk, or (d) seals up or causes or permits to be sealed up or delivers to the election commissioner or county clerk a less number of ballots than the number endorsed thereon shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(3) Any person who knowingly has in his or her possession any official ballot illegally obtained or attempts to vote any ballot other than the official ballot lawfully obtained shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 421.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1523 - Obstruction of polling place or building; penalty.

32-1523.
Obstruction of polling place or building; penalty.
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.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 422.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1524 - Electioneering; circulation of petitions; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1524.
Electioneering; circulation of petitions; prohibited acts; penalty.
(1) For purposes of this section:
(a) Electioneering means the deliberate, visible display or audible or physical dissemination of information for the purpose of advocating for or against:
(i) Any candidate on the ballot for the election at which such display or dissemination is occurring;
(ii) Any elected officeholder of a state constitutional office or federal office at the time of the election at which such display or dissemination is occurring;
(iii) Any political party on the ballot for the election at which such display or dissemination is occurring; or
(iv) Any measure on the ballot for the election at which such display or dissemination is occurring; and
(b) Information includes:
(i) Such a candidate's name, likeness, logo, or symbol;
(ii) Such a ballot measure's number, title, subject matter, logo, or symbol;
(iii) A button, hat, pencil, pen, shirt, sign, or sticker containing information prohibited by this section;
(iv) Audible information prohibited by this section; and
(v) Literature or any writing or drawing referring to a candidate, officeholder, or ballot measure described in subdivision (a) of this subsection.
(2) No judge or clerk of election or precinct or district inspector shall do any electioneering while acting as an election official.
(3) No person shall do any electioneering or circulate petitions within any polling place or any building designated for voters to cast ballots by the election commissioner or county clerk pursuant to the Election Act while the polling place or building is set up for voters to cast ballots or within two hundred feet of any such polling place or building except as otherwise provided in subsection (5) of this section.
(4) No person shall do any electioneering within two hundred feet of any secure ballot drop-box.
(5) Subject to any local ordinance, a person may display yard signs on private property within two hundred feet of a polling place or building designated for voters to cast ballots if the property is not under common ownership with the property on which the polling place or building is located.
(6) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 423;
Laws 2006, LB 940, § 2;
Laws 2016, LB874, § 7;
Laws 2019, LB411, § 65;
Laws 2022, LB843, § 49.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1525 - Polling and interviews; poll watchers; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1525.
Polling and interviews; poll watchers; prohibited acts; penalty.
(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 of any voting booth.
(2)(a) No poll watcher shall interfere with any voter in the preparation or casting of such voter's ballot or prevent any election worker from performing the worker's duties.
(b) A poll watcher shall not provide assistance to a voter as described in section 32-918 unless selected by the voter to provide assistance as provided in section 32-918.
(c) A poll watcher shall not engage in electioneering as defined in section 32-1524 while engaged in observing at a polling place.
(d) A poll watcher shall maintain a distance of at least eight feet from the sign-in table, the sign-in register, the polling booths, the ballot box, and any ballots which have not been cast, except that if the polling place is not large enough for a distance of eight feet, the judge of election shall post a notice of the minimum distance the poll watcher must maintain from the sign-in table, the sign-in register, the polling booths, the ballot box, and any ballots which have not been cast. The posted notice shall be clearly visible to the voters and shall be posted prior to the opening of the polls on election day. The minimum distance shall not be determined to exclude a poll watcher from being in the polling place.
(3) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 424;
Laws 2020, LB1055, § 18.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1526 - Fraudulent placement of ballot in ballot box; penalty.

32-1526.
Fraudulent placement of ballot in ballot box; penalty.
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 ballot box by any other person to remain in the ballot box or to be counted with the legal votes cast at such election shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 425.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1527 - Voting of ballots; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1527.
Voting of ballots; prohibited acts; penalty.
(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 judge of election.
(3) No voter shall place any mark upon an official ballot by which it may afterwards be identified as the one voted by him or her.
(4) No person shall solicit a voter to show his or her ballot after it is marked to any person to reveal the contents thereof or the name of the candidate or candidates for whom he or she has marked his or her vote. This subsection does not prohibit a voter from voluntarily photographing his or her ballot after it is marked and revealing such photograph in a manner that allows the photograph to be viewed by another person.
(5) No person other than a judge of election shall receive from a voter an official ballot prepared for voting.
(6) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 426;
Laws 2016, LB874, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1528 - Nonresident of school district, village, or precinct; illegal voting; penalty.

32-1528.
Nonresident of school district, village, or precinct; illegal voting; penalty.
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.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 427.
Annotations
A voter was found to reside in a voting district for the purposes of this section when he had a bodily presence in the district, made improvements upon his home in the district, spent 5 to 10 nights per month at his home in the district, repeatedly exercised his right to vote in the district, and was forced to spend time outside the district for medical reasons. State v. Jensen, 269 Neb. 213, 691 N.W.2d 139 (2005).
A voter was found to reside in a voting district for the purposes of this section when she had a physical presence at a home in the district, made improvements upon her home in the district, intended to remain at her home in the district, repeatedly voted in the district, and was forced to spend time outside the district to care for her son due to his medical condition. State v. Jensen, 269 Neb. 213, 691 N.W.2d 139 (2005).
Whether a voter is habitually present at a particular residence is not dispositive of the issue of domicile for purposes of this section. State v. Jensen, 269 Neb. 213, 691 N.W.2d 139 (2005).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1530 - Ineligible voter; illegal voting; penalty.

32-1530.
Ineligible voter; illegal voting; penalty.
Any person who votes (1) who is not a resident of this state or registered in the county or who at the time of election is not of the constitutionally prescribed age of a registered voter, (2) who is not a citizen of the United States, or (3) after being disqualified by law by reason of his or her conviction of a felony and prior to the end of the two-year period after completing the sentence, including any parole term, shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 429;
Laws 2005, LB 53, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1531 - Nonresident of county; illegal voting; penalty.

32-1531.
Nonresident of county; illegal voting; penalty.
Except as provided in sections 32-933 to 32-937, any person who is a resident of this state and who goes or comes into any county of which he or she is not an actual resident and votes in such county shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 430.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1532 - Aiding and abetting ineligible voter; penalty.

32-1532.
Aiding and abetting ineligible voter; penalty.
Any person who procures, aids, assists, counsels, or advises another to give his or her vote, knowing that such other person is not a resident of this state or a registered voter of the county as required by law at the time of election, is not of the constitutionally prescribed age of a registered voter, is not a citizen of the United States, or is not duly qualified as a result of any other disability to vote at the place where and the time when the vote is to be given shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 431.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1533 - Aiding and abetting nonresident of county; penalty.

32-1533.
Aiding and abetting nonresident of county; penalty.
Any person who procures, aids, assists, counsels, or advises another to go or come into any county for the purpose of giving his or her vote in such county knowing that the other person is not duly qualified to vote in such county shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 432.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1535 - Unauthorized removal of ballots; penalty.

32-1535.
Unauthorized removal of ballots; penalty.
Any person who removes any ballot from the polling room before the closing of the polls except as otherwise authorized under the Election Act shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 434.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1536 - Bribery; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1536.
Bribery; prohibited acts; penalty.
(1) Any person who accepts or receives any valuable thing as a consideration for his or her vote for any person to be voted for at any election shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.
(2) Any person who, by bribery, attempts to influence any voter of this state in voting, uses any threat to procure any voter to vote contrary to the inclination of such voter, or deters any voter from voting shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 435.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1537 - Employer; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1537.
Employer; prohibited acts; penalty.
Any person who (1) coerces or attempts to coerce any of his or her employees in their voting or in any other political action at any caucus, convention, or election held or to be held in this state or (2) attempts to influence the political action of his or her employees by threatening to discharge them because of their political action or by threats on the part of such person to close his or her place of business in the event of the passage or defeat of any issue on the ballot, in the event of the election or defeat of any candidate for public office, or in the event of the success or defeat of any political party at any election shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 436.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1538 - Fraudulent assistance of illiterate voter; penalty.

32-1538.
Fraudulent assistance of illiterate voter; penalty.
Any person who, with intent to induce a voter who cannot read to vote contrary to his or her inclination, furnishes the voter with a ballot and informs him or her that the ballot contains a name or names different from the name or names which are written or printed on the ballot or who fraudulently or deceitfully changes a ballot of any voter so that such voter is prevented from voting for the candidate or candidates as he or she intended shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 437.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1539 - Ballot for early voting; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1539.
Ballot for early voting; prohibited acts; penalty.
Any person who (1) impersonates or makes a false representation in order to obtain a ballot for early voting, (2) knowingly connives to help a person to vote such a ballot illegally, (3) destroys, steals, marks, or mutilates any such ballot after the same has been voted or aids or abets another to do so, (4) delays in delivering such a ballot to the election commissioner or county clerk to prevent the ballot from arriving in time to be counted, (5) in any manner aids or attempts to aid any person to vote such a ballot unlawfully, (6) hinders or attempts to hinder a registered voter from voting any such ballot, or (7) hinders or attempts to hinder any official from delivering or counting any such ballot shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 438;
Laws 2005, LB 98, § 31.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1541 - List of voters book; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1541.
List of voters book; prohibited acts; penalty.
Any person who willfully, knowingly, and with fraudulent intent inscribes, writes, or causes to be inscribed or written in or upon any list of voters book the name of any person not entitled to vote at such election shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 440.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1542 - Election records and returns; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1542.
Election records and returns; prohibited acts; penalty.
Any person who has in his or her possession any falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited list of voters book, official summary of votes cast, or election returns of any election and who knows such book, summary, or election returns to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, with the intent to hinder, defeat, or prevent a fair expression of the popular will at such election, shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 441.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1543 - Unlawful destruction or possession of ballot or ballot box; penalty.

32-1543.
Unlawful destruction or possession of ballot or ballot box; penalty.
Any person who unlawfully attempts to destroy a ballot or who unlawfully, by force, violence, fraud, or other improper means, obtains or attempts to obtain possession of a ballot box or a ballot which was deposited in a ballot box while the voting at the election is going on or before the ballots have been duly taken out of the ballot box by a judge of election shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 442.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1544 - Unlawful destruction of election material; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1544.
Unlawful destruction of election material; prohibited acts; penalty.
Any person who, from the time any ballots are cast or voted until the time has expired for using the same as evidence in any contest of an election, unlawfully destroys or attempts to destroy or incites or requests another to destroy any ballot box, list of registered voters, sign-in register, or record of early voters used at any election, unlawfully destroys, falsifies, marks, or writes on any ballot cast or voted, or changes, alters, erases, or tampers with any name contained on any ballot cast or voted shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 443;
Laws 1997, LB 764, § 108;
Laws 2005, LB 98, § 32.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1545 - Election results or returns; prohibited acts; penalty.

32-1545.
Election results or returns; prohibited acts; penalty.
(1) Any person disclosing any election results or election returns before the closing of the polls without the express authorization of the election commissioner or county clerk shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
(2) Any person other than the election commissioner or county clerk who receives partial returns or election results and releases such partial returns or results without the express authorization of the election commissioner or county clerk shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
(3) Any person who attempts to disseminate any election results or election returns before the closing of the polls shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
(4) Any person who in any way causes the release of any election results or election returns without the express authorization of the election commissioner or county clerk shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 444.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 32 - Elections › 32-1546 - Petition signers and circulators; prohibited acts; penalties.

32-1546.
Petition signers and circulators; prohibited acts; penalties.
(1) Any person who is not, at the time of signing a petition, a registered voter and qualified to sign the petition except as provided for initiative and referendum petitions in section 32-1404 or who signs any name other than his or her own to any petition shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
(2) Any person who falsely swears to a circulator's affidavit on a petition, who accepts money or other things of value for signing a petition, or who offers money or other things of value in exchange for a signature upon any petition shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 445;
Laws 2003, LB 444, § 13.
Annotations
The 1977 revision of this section repealed by implication the penalty provision then contained in section 32-705. State v. Fellman, 236 Neb. 850, 464 N.W.2d 181 (1991).
"Falsely," as used in this section, specifies the element of deliberate or intentional untruth or deceit regarding a circulator's swearing to a petitioner's signature on an initiative petition. This section, defining the crime of "false swearing," in reference to an initiative petition, is not unconstitutional for vagueness. State v. Monastero, 228 Neb. 818, 424 N.W.2d 837 (1988).