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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-217 (2026)

Election commissioner, chief deputy election commissioner, and employees; county employees; salaries; how paid

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The election commissioner and the chief deputy election commissioner shall be county employees for the purposes of salary and benefit plans. All employees of the office of the election commissioner shall be county employees and subject to the county personnel system. The county board shall set the salaries of the election commissioner and chief deputy election commissioner at least sixty days prior to the expiration of the term of office of the election commissioner holding office. The salary shall become effective as soon as such salary may become operative under the Constitution of Nebraska.

In counties having a population of more than two hundred thousand inhabitants, the salary of the election commissioner shall be at least ten thousand five hundred dollars annually payable in periodic installments out of the county general fund and the salary of the chief deputy election commissioner shall be at least nine thousand dollars annually payable in periodic installments out of the county general fund.

In counties having a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand and not more than two hundred thousand inhabitants, the salary of the election commissioner shall be at least seven thousand five hundred dollars annually payable in periodic installments out of the county general fund and the salary of the chief deputy election commissioner shall be at least six thousand dollars annually payable in periodic installments out of the county general fund.

In counties having a population of more than one hundred thousand and not more than one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, the salary of the election commissioner shall be at least nine thousand five hundred dollars annually payable in periodic installments out of the county general fund and the salary of the chief deputy election commissioner shall be at least eight thousand five hundred dollars annually payable in periodic installments out of the county general fund.

In counties having a population of not more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, the salary of the election commissioner shall be at least six thousand five hundred dollars annually payable in periodic installments out of the county general fund and the salary of the chief deputy election commissioner shall be at least five thousand dollars annually payable in periodic installments out of the county general fund.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1936–2021 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Steinke v. Lautenbaugh, 642 N.W.2d 132 (Neb. 2002).
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State Ex Rel. Steinke v. Lautenbaugh, 642 N.W.2d 132 (Neb. 2002). · cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-217 (Reissue 1998) (designating election commissioner as county employee).”
State ex rel. Peterson v. Shively, 310 Neb. 1 (Neb. 2021). “Thus, because the intent of the Legislature may be found through its omission of words from a statute, 48 we find that through its omission of election commissioners and chief deputy election commissioners from the language contained in §§ 23-1114.”
State ex rel. Woolsey v. Morgan, 294 N.W. 436 (Neb. 1940). · cites it 8× “350 amends section 32-217, Comp. St. 1929, and states that “municipal courts * * * are hereby substituted by law for justices of the peace and police judge within such justice of the peace districts.”
State ex rel. Wright v. Brown, 267 N.W. 466 (Neb. 1936). · cites it 2× “■ Section 32-217, Comp. St. 1929, originally provided: “In each justice of the peace district in which there is located a city of the metropolitan class, or a city of the first class having a population of not less than forty thousand (40,000) nor more than one hundred thousand…”
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