2025 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 32 - Elections
32-233 - Election workers; wages; waiver agreeing not to be paid; contracts authorized.
32-233. Election workers; wages; waiver agreeing not to be paid; contracts authorized.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, judges and clerks of election, district inspectors, messengers, and other temporary election workers shall receive wages at no less than the minimum rate set in section 48-1203 for each hour of service rendered. The county clerk shall determine the rate of pay and may vary the rate based on the duties of each position. Each such election worker shall sign an affidavit stating the number of hours he or she has worked.
(2) Any judge or clerk of election, district inspector, messenger, or other temporary election worker may choose either:
(a) Not to be paid for the hours he or she works. An election worker that chooses not to be paid shall sign a waiver agreeing not to be paid for each election for which he or she chooses not to be paid; or
(b) To have his or her election pay used by the county clerk to contract with an organization authorized by the county clerk to recruit election workers if the county clerk contracts with such an organization. To be eligible to enter into such a contract, the organization shall be exempt for federal tax purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 49-801.01.
Source
- Laws 1994, LB 76, § 53;
- Laws 1996, LB 1011, § 20;
- Laws 1999, LB 802, § 4;
- Laws 2002, LB 1054, § 13;
- Laws 2024, LB287, § 12.
