2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 32-939 — Nebraska resident residing outside the country; registration tovote; application for ballot; when; use of Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot.

Section 32-939
Nebraska resident residing outside the country; registration to vote; application for ballot; when; use of Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot.

(1) The persons listed in this subsection who are residents of Nebraska but who reside outside the United States shall be allowed to simultaneously register to vote and make application for ballots for all elections in a calendar year through the use of the Federal Post Card Application or a personal letter which includes the same information as appears on the Federal Post Card Application:

(a) Members of the armed forces of the United States or the United States Merchant Marine, and their spouses and dependents residing with them;

(b) Citizens temporarily residing outside of the United States and the District of Columbia; and

(c) Overseas citizens.

(2) An omission of required information, except the political party affiliation of the applicant, may prevent the processing of an application and mailing of ballots. The request for any ballots and a registration application shall be sent to the election commissioner or county clerk of the county of the applicant's residence. The request may be sent at any time in the same calendar year as the election, except that the request shall be received by the election commissioner or county clerk not later than the third Friday preceding an election to vote in that election. If so requested, ballots may be sent for all subsequent elections held in the county in that calendar year.

(3) Any person meeting the criteria in subsection (1) of this section may cast a ballot by the use of the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot. The Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot may be used for all elections. If a person casting a ballot using the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot is not a registered voter, the information submitted in the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot transmission envelope shall be treated as a voter registration application.

(4) Any person meeting the criteria in subsection (1) of this section requesting a ballot under this section or the special ballot described in section 32-808 may receive and return the ballot and the oath prescribed in subsection (2) of section 32-947 using any method of transmission authorized by the Secretary of State.

Source:

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 282

Laws 2004, LB 727, § 1

Laws 2005, LB 98, § 11

Laws 2005, LB 401, § 7

Laws 2005, LB 566, § 41

~Revised Statutes Supplement, 2006