Nebraska Statutes 32-701. Political party; file delegate selectionplan; contents; President; preference vote
(1) Each political party which is organized in Nebraska shall file a copy of the party’s plan for selecting delegates and alternate delegates to the party’s national convention with the Secretary of State on or before December 1 of the calendar year prior to each presidential election year and shall include a summary of the contents of the plan. The delegate selection plan shall:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 32-701
- Candidate: shall mean a registered voter for whom votes may be cast at any election and who, either tacitly or expressly, consents to be considered. See Nebraska Statutes 32-104
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
- Election: shall mean any statewide or local primary, special, joint, or general election at which registered voters of the state or the political subdivision holding the election by ballot choose public officials or decide any questions and propositions lawfully submitted to them. See Nebraska Statutes 32-108
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Registered voter: shall mean an elector who has a valid voter registration record on file with the election commissioner or county clerk in the county of his or her residence. See Nebraska Statutes 32-115
- 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
- United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(a) Require that at least eighty percent of the delegates and alternate delegates are committed to a candidate for President of the United States based on the results of a caucus or the primary election;
(b) Specify whether the delegates and alternate delegates are committed to a candidate for President of the United States based on the results of (i) a caucus system which is open to all Nebraska residents who are affiliated with the party for purposes of registering to vote in Nebraska, (ii) election at the statewide primary election, or (iii) a combination of the methods listed in subdivisions (i) and (ii) of this subdivision;
(c) Specify how the delegates and alternate delegates are committed for purposes of voting for candidates for President of the United States based on the results of the caucus or primary election; and
(d) Provide that the delegates and alternate delegates are either awarded to the winner of the caucus or primary election or awarded proportionally, based on the number of votes received by each presidential candidate at the caucus or primary election, to each presidential candidate who received at least fifteen percent of the votes for the nomination.
(2) When candidates for the office of President of the United States are to be nominated, every registered voter of a political party shall have the opportunity to vote his or her preference on his or her party nominating ballot for his or her choice for one person to be the candidate of his or her political party for President of the United States by writing the name of the person of his or her choice for President in the blank space to be left upon the ballot for such purpose and making a cross or mark in the square or oval opposite the written name or by making a cross or mark in the square or oval opposite the printed name of the person of his or her choice.