{"id":4603,"date":"2011-05-05T11:55:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=4603"},"modified":"2013-03-11T14:44:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T20:44:18","slug":"election-bill-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=4603","title":{"rendered":"Election bill approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senators gave final approval May 5 to a bill that makes a number of changes to Nebraska election law.<\/p>\n<p>LB449, introduced by Sen. John Nelson of Omaha, prevents a person who is registered to vote with a party affiliation on or before March 1 in a general election year from pursuing a petition campaign or accepting a party\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>increases the maximum precinct size from 1,000 registered voters to 1,750;<\/li>\n<li>allows an election commissioner to be appointed to an elective office during his or her term as election commissioner, the acceptance of which will be deemed his or her resignation;<\/li>\n<li>requires deputy voting registrars to complete a training session offered by election commissioners and county clerks once every three years;<\/li>\n<li>adds e-mail addresses to the voter registration form;<\/li>\n<li>sets Dec. 1 as the earliest date for submission of candidate filing forms;<\/li>\n<li>adds Class V school district boards to the list of offices that do not require names to be listed on the primary ballot if all candidates automatically advance to the general election;<\/li>\n<li>opens early voting records to public inspection prior to an election;<\/li>\n<li>adds the learning community to the list of political subdivisions that must pay the cost of nominating and electing officers;<\/li>\n<li>requires the principal circulator of a recall petition to collect the petition forms from the election commissioner or county clerk within 20 days after receipt of the targeted official&#8217;s defense statement;<\/li>\n<li>extends the maximum time to hold a recall election from 45 days after the notification of the targeted official to 75 days;<\/li>\n<li>permits county clerks, election commissioners or their employees to affix their signature or initials to an early voting ballot instead of writing them; and<\/li>\n<li>eliminates a requirement that voters print their names and addresses on early voting oaths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LB449 passed on a 47-0 vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators gave final approval May 5 to a bill that makes a number of changes to Nebraska election law. 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