Nebraska Statutes § 32-615 Write-in candidate; requirementsVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024
This is an older version of § 32-615 Write-in candidate; requirements which we archived on October 30, 2024.
Statute Text
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any candidate engaged in or pursuing a write-in campaign shall file a notarized affidavit of his or her intent together with the receipt for any filing fee with the filing officer as provided in section
32-608
no earlier than January 5 and no later than the second Friday prior to the election.
(2)
For any county office elected pursuant to sections
32-517
to
32-529
which is subject to subdivision (1)(b) of section
32-811
, a candidate may engage in or pursue a write-in campaign if he or she files a notarized affidavit of his or her intent together with the receipt for the filing fee with the filing officer as provided in section
32-608
on or before March 3 of the year of the statewide primary election. If such an affidavit is filed as prescribed, the election commissioner or county clerk shall place that county office on the statewide primary election ballot with the names of the candidate properly filed for the nomination of the applicable political party and a line for write-in candidates.
(3)
A candidate submitting an affidavit under this section for a partisan office shall be a registered voter of the political party named in the affidavit unless the political party allows candidates not affiliated with the party by not adopting a rule under section
32-702
.
(4)
A candidate who has been defeated as a candidate in the primary election or defeated as a write-in candidate in the primary election shall not be eligible as a write-in candidate for the same office in the general election unless (a) a vacancy on the ballot exists pursuant to section
32-625
or (b) the candidate was a candidate for an office described in sections
32-512
to
32-550
and the candidate lost the election as a result of a determination pursuant to section
32-1122
in the case of a tie vote.
(5)
A candidate who files a notarized affidavit shall be entitled to all write-in votes for the candidate even if only the last name of the candidate has been written if such last name is reasonably close to the proper spelling.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 183; Laws 2002, LB 251, § 4; Laws 2003, LB 537, § 2; Laws 2011 , LB 449 , § 5 ; Laws 2014 , LB 56 , § 1 ; Laws 2014 , LB 144 , § 2 ; Laws 2015 , LB 575 , § 17 ; Laws 2022 , LB 843 , § 25 .
History
Amended by Laws 2022 , LB 843 , § 25 , eff. 7/21/2022 .
Amended by Laws 2015 , LB 575 , § 17 , eff. 5/20/2015 , op. 8/30/2015 .
Amended by Laws 2014 , LB 144 , § 2 , eff. 7/18/2014 .
Amended by Laws 2014 , LB 56 , § 1 , eff. 2/19/2014 .