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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-811 (2026)

Political subdivisions; certain county officers; names not on ballot; when

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(1)(a) If the names of candidates properly filed for nomination at the primary election for directors of natural resources districts, directors of public power districts, members of airport authority boards elected pursuant to sections 32-547 to 32-549, members of the boards of governors of community college areas, members of the boards of Class I, Class II, Class III, or Class V school districts which nominate candidates at a primary election, and officers of cities of the first or second class and cities having a city manager plan of government do not exceed two candidates for each position to be filled, any such candidates shall be declared nominated and their names shall not appear on any primary election ballots.

(b) If the number of candidates properly filed for the nomination of a political party at the primary election for any county officer elected pursuant to sections 32-517 to 32-529 does not exceed the number of candidates to be nominated by that party for that office, any such properly filed candidates shall be declared nominated and their names shall not appear on any primary election ballots.

(c) The official abstract of votes kept by the county or state shall show the names of such candidates with the statement Nominated Without Opposition. The election commissioner or county clerk shall place the names of such automatically nominated candidates on the general election ballot as provided in section 32-814 or 32-815.

(2) Candidates shall not appear on the ballot in the primary election for the offices listed in subsection (2) of section 32-606.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1931–2026 · leading case: Nebraska Repub. Party v. Shively - special release, 311 Neb. 160 (Neb. 2022).
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Nebraska Repub. Party v. Shively - special release, 311 Neb. 160 (Neb. 2022). · cites it 2× “First, a party cannot complain of error which the party has invited the court to commit. 40 Having goaded the court into making its order on an expedited basis, the objectors cannot now contend that the court erred in doing so.”
Rasp v. McHugh, 237 N.W. 394 (Neb. 1931). · cites it 4× “It is also provided in section 32-811: “If it do not appear to said absent voters’ election board that an absent or disabled voter’s ballot has been issued to the voter whose name appears on the identification envelope, or if the signature on such envelope is not that of the…”
Nebraska Repub. Party v. Shively - special release, 311 Neb. 160 (Neb. 2022). · cites it 2× “First, a party cannot complain of error which the party has invited the court to commit. 40 Having goaded the court into making its order on an expedited basis, the objectors cannot now contend that the court erred in doing so.”
Martinez v. Jensen, 320 Neb. 996 (Neb. 2026). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, I order that his name appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office of sheriff subject to the operation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-811 (1)(b) (Supp. 2025).”
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