Registering to Vote

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There is no waiting period to register to vote in Nebraska. Y'all may register to vote the same solar day y'all get a Nebraska resident.

Hither are some convenient ways to register to vote in Nebraska:

Register to Vote Online

  • Complete an online voter registration at NEReg2Vote. This application is bachelor 24/7 and accessible by computer besides as mobile devices.

    • FAQ for NEReg2Vote (English)

    • FAQ for NEReg2Vote (Spanish)

  • You may annals in person at your county election office. You practice non need to bring anything with y'all to register to vote at the county election office.

  • You may annals in person through the state Section of Motor Vehicles when applying for or renewing your commuter's license. Additionally, you lot tin can complete an online voter registration through the DMV when yous renew or order a indistinguishable commuter's license.

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

  • An online voter registration application tin can be printed for your utilize. You must mail your application to your county election office. Addresses for the offices are listed on the form.

  • If registering for the first time in Nebraska past mail, please provide a copy of a electric current and valid photo ID, or a re-create of a utility beak, depository financial institution statement, regime check, paycheck or other government certificate which is dated inside 60 days immediately prior to the date of presentation showing the same name and residence address provided on the voter registration application to avoid delays with your registration.

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

Y'all must meet the following qualifications to register to vote:

  • Age
    • To register to vote yous must exist 18 years former.
    • If you are 17 years old and volition be 18 by the first Tuesday following the first Monday in Nov of this year, you can register.
  • Residence
    • To register, you must be resident of Nebraska and of the county where you are registering. If yous move to another county, y'all must re-register.
  • Citizenship
    • You lot must exist a United States denizen in order to annals to vote.
  • Felony Conviction
    • If y'all have been bedevilled of a felony, either in Nebraska or another state or in federal court, yous cannot register to vote until 2 years after the completion of your judgement including any probation or parole term.
  • Mentally Incompetent (Non compos mentis)
    • If y'all have been found by a court to exist mentally incompetent, you cannot register to vote.

Deadlines to Register to Vote

The post-obit are the deadlines to register 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 be completed by the third Friday preceding an election.

  • Voter registrations delivered by personal messenger or personal agent must arrive on or before the 3rd Fri preceding an election.

  • Individuals may annals in person at the County Clerk/Ballot Commissioner'due south office prior to 6 p.k. on the 2nd Friday preceding an election.

Deadlines are subject to modify due to weekends and holidays. Please run across the Official Election Agenda for deadlines specific to this election cycle.

Click hither to obtain a voter registration application.

Click here to obtain contact information for county ballot offices.

If you are from out of country, click here to detect the appropriate contact data for your land.

Students residing out of Nebraska

Practice I take to be registered to vote?

  • Yeah, voter registration is required in Nebraska to exist eligible to vote.

  • The merely exception is at a Presidential election for persons who take recently moved to Nebraska, or moved to another country after that state's registration deadline. They may vote a Presidential-only ballot by contacting the county ballot official.

Must I designate a party affiliation?

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

  • If y'all wish to vote in the primary ballot, where parties choose their nominees for state and county offices, y'all demand to declare your political party affiliation.

  • If yous register without a political political party affiliation, you will receive simply the non-partisan ballots at a primary ballot.

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

  • Party designation has no begetting when voting a not-partisan ballot or in the general election.

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

Y'all must re-register whenever you lot change

  • Your proper noun,

  • Your address, or

  • Your political party amalgamation.

  • Failure to vote in a previous election does not require re-registration

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

  • Yes, if you completed the class correctly and mailed it by the deadline (third Fri prior to the election), you will receive an acquittance from the election official that you lot are properly registered.

  • If you are a first time registrant in Nebraska using the mail in application and did not provide a copy of your current and valid ID or a class of accost verification (utility bill, depository financial institution statement, etc.) for kickoff time post in registrants, you will notified of the need to do so.

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

How is residence adamant?

  • Past law, your residence is that place at which you have established a home, where you are habitually nowadays, and to which, when y'all depart, yous intend to return.

  • Leaving for temporary purposes, such every bit war machine service, school attendance, hospital stays, or missions work demand not result in a change of residence for voting purposes.

  • Still, whatsoever permanent change in your residence or address will require y'all to re-annals to vote.