32-1007 Ballots; write-in votes; improper name; rejected. - Nebraska Statutes

32-1007. Ballots; write-in votes; improper name; rejected.(1) For members of a village board of trustees, township officers, or members of the school board of Class I or II school districts, if a first or generally recognized name and last name of a person is filled in on a line provided for that purpose and the square or oval opposite such line has been marked with a cross or other clear, intelligible mark, the vote shall be valid and the ballot shall be counted. If only the last name of a person is in the write-in space on the ballot and there is more than one person in the county having the same last name, the counting board shall reject the ballot for that office unless the last name is reasonably close to the proper spelling of the last name of a candidate engaged in or pursuing a write-in campaign pursuant to section 32-615. The counting board shall make the following notation on the rejected ballot: Rejected for the office of .........., no first or generally recognized name.(2) For President and Vice President, if a first or generally recognized name and last name of a person is filled in on the lines provided for that purpose and the square or oval opposite such line has been marked with a cross or other clear, intelligible mark, the vote shall be valid and the ballot shall be counted. If only the last name of a person is in the write-in space on the ballot and there is no generally recognized candidate for President or Vice President with that name, the counting board shall reject the ballot. The counting board shall make the following notation on the rejected ballot: Rejected for the office of President and Vice President, no first or generally recognized name. SourceLaws 1994, LB 76, § 301; Laws 1999, LB 571, § 10; Laws 2001, LB 252, § 3; Laws 2003, LB 358, § 33.