32-109. Elective office, defined. Elective office shall mean any office which has candidates nominated or elected at the time of a statewide primary election, any office which has candidates nominated at the time of a statewide primary election and elected at the time of a statewide general election, any office which has candidates elected at […]
32-110. Elector, defined. Elector shall mean a citizen of the United States whose residence is within the state and who is at least eighteen years of age or is seventeen years of age and will attain the age of eighteen years on or before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of the […]
32-110.01. Electronic voting system, defined. Electronic voting system means a voting system in which each part of the process is done electronically. Source Laws 2003, LB 358, § 3.
32-110.02. Government document, defined. Government document means an identification document or other document issued by a federal, state, or local government agency that includes the name and address of the voter as they appear on his or her voter registration application, including those documents that acknowledge the person’s civil or legal status or entitlement to […]
32-110.03. Emergency response provider, defined. Emergency response provider shall mean a person responding to a mutual aid agreement or a state of emergency proclamation issued by the Governor or the President of the United States who is temporarily assigned by a governmental or nongovernmental relief agency or employer to provide support to victims of an […]
32-1101. Contest of election other than member of Legislature; applicability of sections; grounds. (1) Sections 32-1101 to 32-1117 shall apply to contests of any election other than the election of a member of the Legislature. The contest of the election of a member of the Legislature is subject to the Legislative Qualifications and Election Contests […]
32-1102. Contested primary and general elections; state officers; venue; petition; service; answer. (1) All contested primary and general elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, member of the Public Service Commission, member of the State Board of Education, and Regent of the University of Nebraska shall […]
32-1103. Election contest; appointment of court official; powers and duties; compensation. Upon the presentation of a petition contesting an election and the answer to such petition, if any, the court shall appoint an official of the court to take the testimony of the petitioner and the person whose election is contested at such times and […]
32-1104. Election contest; rights of parties; procedure; report and recommendations. The petitioner and the person whose election is contested shall have the right to attend the examination of the witnesses appearing before the official of the court and to cross-examine the witnesses. Testimony shall be taken only on the points and facts specified in the […]
32-1105. Election contest; bond. The petitioner shall file in the proper court within ten days after filing of the petition a bond with security to be approved by the clerk of the court conditioned to pay all costs in case the election is confirmed. Source Laws 1994, LB 76, § 348; Laws 2018, LB744, § […]
32-1108. Ballot question; contest of election result; petition; service; answer; representation. The result of any election upon a proposed constitutional amendment or statute submitted or referred to the voters either by the Legislature or by initiative or referendum petition may be contested upon the petition of one or more registered voters directed against the Secretary […]
32-1109. Political subdivision officers; election contest; venue; notices required; procedure. (1) The several district courts shall have jurisdiction in cases of contested elections for officers of all political subdivisions of the State of Nebraska. Notice of such contest shall be given to the person whose election is contested within twenty days after the votes have […]
32-111. Incumbent, defined. Incumbent shall mean the person whom the canvassers or the courts declare elected to an elective office or who has been appointed to an elective office. Source Laws 1994, LB 76, § 11.
32-1110. Election contest; court; powers and duties. Every court authorized to determine contested elections shall hear and determine such contested elections in a summary manner without any formal pleading. The contest shall be heard within fifteen days after the matter is at issue unless the contest is continued by mutual consent of the parties or […]
32-1111. Election contest; person holding certificate of election; powers and duties. When a contested election is pending, the person holding the certificate of election may give bond, qualify and take the office at the time specified by law, and exercise the duties of the office until the contest is decided. If the contest is decided […]
32-1112. Election contest; recount of votes; issuance of writ; certification of results. Any court before which any contested election may be pending or the clerk of such court in vacation may issue a writ to the election commissioner or county clerk of the county in which the contested election was held commanding him or her […]
32-1113. Election contest; service of writ; notice to parties required. Any writ issued pursuant to section 32-1112 shall be served without delay on the election commissioner or county clerk by the sheriff of his or her county. The election commissioner or county clerk shall at once fix a day, not more than thirty days after […]
32-1114. Election contest; recount of ballots; procedure. On the day fixed for opening the ballots pursuant to section 32-1113, the election commissioner or county clerk and the county canvassing board which officiated in making the official county canvass of the election returns shall proceed to open such ballots in the presence of the petitioner and […]
32-1115. Election contest; rights of parties; recount of ballots; completion; certification. The election commissioner or county clerk shall permit the petitioner, the person whose election is being contested, and their attorneys to fully examine the ballots. The election commissioner or county clerk shall make return to the writ, under his or her hand and official […]
32-1116. Election contests and recounts; costs. Except for election contests involving a member of the Legislature under the Legislative Qualifications and Election Contests Act, the cost of election contests under sections 32-1101 to 32-1117 and recounts under section 32-1118 shall be adjudged against the petitioner if he or she loses the contest, and if the […]
