Registering to Vote

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There is no waiting period to register to vote in Nebraska. You may register to vote the same day yous become 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/vii and accessible by estimator as well as mobile devices.

    • FAQ for NEReg2Vote (English)

    • FAQ for NEReg2Vote (Spanish)

  • You may register in person at your county election office. Y'all do not need to bring anything with you to annals to vote at the county ballot role.

  • You lot may register in person through the state Department of Motor Vehicles when applying for or renewing your driver's license. Additionally, you can complete an online voter registration through the DMV when you renew or club a duplicate driver'south license.

  • You lot may also register through the state Department of Health and Human 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 can be printed for your use. You lot must mail your awarding to your county election function. Addresses for the offices are listed on the course.

  • If registering for the commencement time in Nebraska by mail, please provide a copy of a electric current and valid photograph ID, or a re-create of a utility bill, bank statement, authorities check, paycheck or other government document which is dated within lx 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.

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

You lot must see the following qualifications to register to vote:

  • Historic period
    • To register to vote you must be 18 years onetime.
    • If you are 17 years one-time and will be xviii by the first Tuesday following the first Mon in November of this yr, yous can annals.
  • Residence
    • To register, y'all 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 must be a United States citizen in order to register to vote.
  • Felony Conviction
    • If you accept been convicted of a felony, either in Nebraska or another country or in federal courtroom, you cannot annals to vote until two years after the completion of your sentence including any probation or parole term.
  • Mentally Incompetent (Non compos mentis)
    • If you have been found past a courtroom to be mentally incompetent, yous cannot register to vote.

Deadlines to Annals to Vote

The following are the deadlines to annals 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 past the 3rd Friday preceding an election.

  • Voter registrations delivered past personal messenger or personal agent must get in on or before the 3rd Friday preceding an ballot.

  • Individuals may register in person at the County Clerk/Election Commissioner's part prior to 6 p.m. on the second Fri preceding an ballot.

Deadlines are subject area to change due to weekends and holidays. Delight meet the Official Ballot Calendar for deadlines specific to this ballot cycle.

Click here to obtain a voter registration awarding.

Click here to obtain contact information for county election offices.

If you are from out of state, click hither to find the appropriate contact data for your state.

Students residing out of Nebraska

Exercise I take to be registered to vote?

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

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

Must I designate a party amalgamation?

  • No, voters may choose from whatever party that is recognized in Nebraska or they may choose to non affiliate with any party by checking the non-partisan box on the awarding.

  • If you wish to vote in the primary election, where parties choose their nominees for country and county offices, you need to declare your political party amalgamation.

  • If you lot annals without a political party amalgamation, you will receive only the non-partisan ballots at a principal election.

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

  • Party designation has no bearing when voting a non-partisan ballot or in the full general election.

Are there situations where I would demand to re-annals?

You lot must re-register whenever you modify

  • Your proper name,

  • Your address, or

  • Your political party amalgamation.

  • Failure to vote in a previous election does non require re-registration

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

  • Yes, if you completed the form correctly and mailed information technology by the borderline (third Friday prior to the election), you will receive an acquittance from the ballot official that you lot are properly registered.

  • If y'all are a starting time time registrant in Nebraska using the mail in application and did not provide a re-create of your current and valid ID or a form of address verification (utility beak, bank statement, etc.) for first fourth dimension postal service in registrants, you will notified of the need to do so.

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

How is residence adamant?

  • By law, your residence is that identify at which you have established a home, where you are habitually nowadays, and to which, when you depart, y'all intend to render.

  • Leaving for temporary purposes, such as military machine service, schoolhouse attendance, hospital stays, or missions work demand non result in a change of residence for voting purposes.

  • However, whatever permanent alter in your residence or address will crave you to re-register to vote.