Registering to Vote

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There is no waiting flow to annals to vote in Nebraska. Yous may register to vote the same 24-hour interval you get a Nebraska resident.

Hither are some user-friendly means to register to vote in Nebraska:

Register to Vote Online

  • Consummate an online voter registration at NEReg2Vote. This application is available 24/vii and accessible past computer besides as mobile devices.

    • FAQ for NEReg2Vote (English language)

    • FAQ for NEReg2Vote (Castilian)

  • You may register in person at your county election role. You do not demand to bring anything with you to register to vote at the county election office.

  • You may register in person through the land Department of Motor Vehicles when applying for or renewing your driver'south license. Additionally, you tin complete an online voter registration through the DMV when yous renew or gild a duplicate commuter'south license.

  • Y'all may besides register through the state Section of Health and Human Services and State Section of Education at the time of awarding, review or change of address in connection with public programs.

  • An online voter registration application can be printed for your use. You must post your application to your canton election office. Addresses for the offices are listed on the form.

  • If registering for the first fourth dimension in Nebraska by postal service, please provide a copy of a current and valid photo ID, or a copy of a utility bill, bank statement, government cheque, paycheck or other government document which is dated inside sixty days immediately prior to the date of presentation showing the aforementioned name and residence accost provided on the voter registration awarding to avoid delays with your registration.

  • You must sign your Voter Registration Application earlier it is returned to your County Clerk/Election Commissioner's office.

You lot must come across the following qualifications to register to vote:

  • Age
    • To register to vote y'all must exist 18 years old.
    • If you lot are 17 years old and volition exist xviii past the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of this year, you can register.
  • Residence
    • To register, you must be resident of Nebraska and of the county where you are registering. If y'all move to another county, y'all must re-annals.
  • Citizenship
    • You must exist a Usa citizen in order to register to vote.
  • Felony Conviction
    • If you take been convicted of a felony, either in Nebraska or another state or in federal court, you cannot annals to vote until two years after the completion of your judgement including any probation or parole term.
  • Mentally Incompetent (Non compos mentis)
    • If you have been found by a court to be mentally incompetent, you cannot register to vote.

Deadlines to Annals to Vote

The post-obit are the deadlines to annals to vote in Nebraska:

  • Mail-in voter registrations must be mailed and postmarked on or before the third Friday preceding an election.

  • Registrations completed at the state Department of Motor Vehicles must exist completed past the tertiary Friday preceding an election.

  • Voter registrations delivered by personal messenger or personal amanuensis must arrive on or before the third Friday preceding an election.

  • Individuals may annals in person at the County Clerk/Election Commissioner'due south office prior to half dozen p.m. on the 2d Fri preceding an ballot.

Deadlines are discipline to change due to weekends and holidays. Please run across the Official Election Calendar for deadlines specific to this election wheel.

Click here to obtain a voter registration application.

Click here to obtain contact information for county election offices.

If you are from out of state, click here to discover the appropriate contact data for your state.

Students residing out of Nebraska

Do I have to be registered to vote?

  • Yes, voter registration is required in Nebraska to be eligible to vote.

  • The only exception is at a Presidential election for persons who have recently moved to Nebraska, or moved to some other state later that state's registration deadline. They may vote a Presidential-merely ballot past contacting the county election official.

Must I designate a party affiliation?

  • No, voters may choose from any party that is recognized in Nebraska or they may choose to not affiliate with whatsoever party past checking the non-partisan box on the awarding.

  • If you wish to vote in the principal election, where parties choose their nominees for state and canton offices, yous need to declare your party affiliation.

  • If you annals without a political party amalgamation, you volition receive only the non-partisan ballots at a primary ballot.

  • Non-partisans may designate a political party preference at master elections and receive partisan ballots for the Senate and House congressional races.

  • Political party designation has no bearing when voting a not-partisan election or in the general election.

Are there situations where I would need to re-annals?

You must re-register whenever you lot modify

  • Your name,

  • Your accost, or

  • Your political party affiliation.

  • Failure to vote in a previous election does non require re-registration

Will I receive notice that my mail-in registration has been accepted and processed?

  • Yes, if yous completed the form correctly and mailed it by the deadline (3rd Friday prior to the ballot), yous volition receive an acknowledgment from the election official that you are properly registered.

  • If you are a first time registrant in Nebraska using the mail service in application and did not provide a copy of your current and valid ID or a form of accost verification (utility bill, banking company statement, etc.) for first time mail in registrants, you will notified of the demand to do so.

  • If you have questions on your registration, phone call your Canton Clerk/Election Commissioner.

How is residence determined?

  • By constabulary, your residence is that place at which you accept established a habitation, where you are habitually present, and to which, when you lot depart, yous intend to return.

  • Leaving for temporary purposes, such as military service, school attendance, hospital stays, or missions work need not result in a change of residence for voting purposes.

  • However, any permanent change in your residence or address will require you to re-annals to vote.