Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-629 (2026)

Petitions; signer; qualification; exceptions; circulator; qualification

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For any petition prepared or filed pursuant to the Election Act:

(1) Each petition signer shall be a registered voter and qualified to sign a petition at the time of signing a petition, except that a signer of a petition for President of the United States, a candidate petition, a new political party petition, or an initiative or referendum petition under sections 32-1401 to 32-1409 shall be a registered voter of the State of Nebraska on or before the date on which the petition is filed with the filing officer; and

(2) Only a person who is at least eighteen years of age shall qualify as a valid circulator of a petition and may circulate petitions. Petition circulators shall comply with section 32-630.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1996–2018 · leading case: Citizens in Charge v. Gale, 810 F. Supp. 2d 916 (D. Neb. 2011).

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Citizens in Charge v. Gale, 810 F. Supp. 2d 916 (D. Neb. 2011). · cites it 10× “” Neb.Rev.Stat. § 32-629(2). “Elector” is defined as: Elector shall mean a citizen of the United States whose residence is within the state and who is at least eighteen years of age or is seventeen years of age and will attain the age of eighteen years on or before the first…”

Bernbeck v. Moore, 936 F. Supp. 1543 (D. Neb. 1996). · cites it 6× “16 See also Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 32-629 to 32-630(3)(c) (Michie 1995).”

Free Libertarian Party, Inc. v. Spano, 314 F. Supp. 3d 444 (E.D.N.Y 2018). “2d at 918, 924-25 (declaring unconstitutional Neb. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 32-629 (2), which stated in relevant pat that "only an elector of the State of Nebraska may qualify as a valid circulator of a petition and may circulate petitions" and noting that Neb.”

Kent Bernbeck v. Scott A. Moore (8th Cir. 1997). · cites it 2× “Appellees, who are petition-drive organizers or circulators who did not meet the registration requirements, allege that the registration requirements violated their First Amendment right to free speech.”

— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-629(2) — 1 case

Citizens in Charge v. Gale, 810 F. Supp. 2d 916 (D. Neb. 2011). “” Neb.Rev.Stat. § 32-629(2). “Elector” is defined as: Elector shall mean a citizen of the United States whose residence is within the state and who is at least eighteen years of age or is seventeen years of age and will attain the age of eighteen years on or before the first…”

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