Vacancies in office shall be filled as follows:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 32-567

  • Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • District: shall mean a subdivision of the state or of a county, city, village, or other political subdivision in which all registered voters residing within the district are entitled to participate in the election of any one or more candidates or in the determination by election of any question or proposition. See Nebraska Statutes 32-107
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(1) In state and judicial district offices and in the membership of any board or commission created by the state when no other method is provided, by the Governor;

(2) In county offices, by the county board;

(3) In the membership of the county board, by the county clerk, county attorney, and county treasurer;

(4) In the membership of the city council, according to section 32-568 or 32-569, as applicable;

(5) In township offices, by the township board or, if there are two or more vacancies on the township board, by the county board;

(6) In offices in public power and irrigation districts, according to section 70-615 ;

(7) In offices in natural resources districts, according to section 2-3215 ;

(8) In offices in community college areas, according to section 85-1514 ;

(9) In offices in educational service units, according to section 79-1217 ;

(10) In offices in hospital districts, according to section 23-3534 ;

(11) In offices in metropolitan utilities districts, according to section 14-2104 ;

(12) In membership on airport authority boards, according to section 3-502, 3-611, or 3-703, as applicable;

(13) In membership on the board of trustees of a road improvement district, according to section 39-1607 ;

(14) In membership on the council of a municipal county, by the council;

(15) For learning community coordinating councils, according to section 32-546.01 ; and

(16) For regional metropolitan transit authority boards, according to section 18-808.