Chief Election Official(s): Secretary of State (View Website)
Election/Appointment Process: Partisan Election
Responsibilities:

• Prescribes voter registration forms
• Determines ballot eligibility of parties
• Approves new voting systems/ devices
• Advertises statewide ballot questions
• Prepares election calendar
• Canvasses election returns

Secondary Official(s): State Canvassing Board (Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General)
Election/Appointment Process:
Responsibilities:

• Handles state recounts

 

Current Official(s): John Gale
Public Office Experience: State Chairman of the Nebraska State Republican Party, 1986-1998
Reelection/Reappointment Date: 2006
Primary Date: May 9, 2006
Contact Information: Hon. John Gale
Secretary of State
State Capitol, Su. 2300
P.O. Box 94608
Lincoln, NE 68509-4608
(402) 471-2554
Fax (402) 471-3237
[email protected]

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