32-960 County with less than ten thousand inhabitants; elections conducted by mail; application for approval; contents. - Nebraska Statutes

32-960. County with lessthan ten thousand inhabitants;elections conducted by mail; application for approval; contents.In any county with less than ten thousandinhabitants, the county clerk may apply to the Secretary of State to mailballots for all elections held after approval of the application to registeredvoters of any or all of the precincts in the county in lieu of establishingpolling places for such precincts. The application shall include a writtenplan for the conduct of the election, including a timetable for the conductof the election and provisions for the notice of election to be publishedand for the application for ballots for early voting notwithstanding otherstatutory provisions regarding the content and publication of a notice ofelection or the application for ballots for early voting. If the Secretaryof State approves such application for one or more precincts in the county,the county clerk shall follow the applicable procedures in sections 32-953to 32-959 for conducting elections by mail, except that the deadline for receiptof the ballots shall be 8 p.m. on the day of the election. SourceLaws 2005, LB 401, § 9; Laws 2009, LB501, § 3.