Elections Division

Please visit our Voter ID page for information about the new voter ID law.

 

The Secretary of State serves as Nebraska’s chief election officer. Working with election officials in the state’s 93 counties, the Elections Division oversees election law, the conduct of elections in the state, election tabulation equipment and the state voter registration system. The division accepts candidate filings and compiles results for statewide, legislative, judicial retention and certain district elections. The division oversees filings for statewide initiative and referendum petitions.

Phone: (402) 471-2555
Fax: (402) 471-7834
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 94608, Lincoln, NE 68509-4608
Location: 301 S. 13th Street, Suite 410, Lincoln, NE 68508
Email: sos.elect@nebraska.gov

 

Nebraska Voter Information Lookup

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Active Voter Registrations*
Republican: 605,466
Democratic: 330,657
Libertarian: 18,036
Legal Marijuana NOW: 6,684
Nonpartisan: 271,568
Total: 1,232,411
*As of May 1, 2024

Next Statewide Election

5/14/2024 Presidential Statewide Primary Election

Dates & Deadlines

05/03/2024

  • At 5 PM - last day for write-in candidate to file notarized affidavit and filing fee with the filing officer
  • At 6 PM - last day for in person voter registration
  • At 6 PM - last day to receive an application for early voting ballots to be mailed out to a specific address
  • At 6 PM - last day to submit a request for a replacement ballot to be mailed
  • At 6 PM - last day for a voter with a religious objection to being photographed to notify the county clerk or election commissioner to add a notation to the poll book indicating such religious objection

5/14/2024
Election Day

  • 8 AM CT (7 AM MT) - Polls open
  • 7 PM CT (6 PM MT)- Deadline for agent to pick up early voting ballot
  • 8 PM CT (7 PM MT) - Deadline for return of voter registration form with an early voting ballot - in person
  • 8 PM CT (7 PM MT) - Deadline for obtaining a replacement ballot in person
  • 8 PM CT (7 PM MT) - Deadline for return of early voting ballot - in person
  • 8 PM CT (7 PM MT) - Deadline for an early voting ballot received by mail to be in the possession of the clerk or commissioner
  • 8 PM CT (7 PM MT) - Polls close
  • 8 PM CT (7 PM MT) - The first time any returns or partial returns may be released

5/21/2024
Deadline to present valid photographic identification to the election commissioner or county clerk by a voter without a reasonable impediment who failed to present valid photographic identification at the time of voting

5/23/2024
Deadline for verification and notification to the state system of provisional ballots status and provisional voter identification verification ballots

6/10/2024
1:00 P.M. Board of State Canvassers certify election results

6/12/2024
9 A.M. Conduct recounts for candidates who filed with the Secretary of State

6/17/2024
Deadline for political subdivisions who appear only on the general election ballot to certify the offices to be filled, terms, vacancies, votes cast, and filing deadlines for each office