Do You Have To Register To Vote Every Time You Renew Your License

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There is no waiting period to register to vote in Nebraska. Yous may register to vote the same solar day you go a Nebraska resident.

Here are some user-friendly ways to register to vote in Nebraska:

Complete an online voter registration at NEReg2Vote. This awarding is available 24/seven and accessible by computer as well as mobile devices.
- FAQ for NEReg2Vote (English)
- FAQ for NEReg2Vote (Spanish)
You may register in person at your canton ballot office. Yous do not demand to bring annihilation with you to register to vote at the county ballot office.
You may annals in person through the state Department of Motor Vehicles when applying for or renewing your commuter'southward license. Additionally, y'all can complete an online voter registration through the DMV when y'all renew or gild a duplicate driver's license.
You may too register through the country Department of Health and Human Services and State Department of Education at the time of awarding, review or alter of accost in connection with public programs.
An online voter registration application can exist printed for your use. Yous must postal service your application to your county election office. Addresses for the offices are listed on the form.
If registering for the kickoff time in Nebraska by mail, please provide a copy of a current and valid photo ID, or a copy of a utility pecker, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document which is dated within 60 days immediately prior to the date of presentation showing the same name and residence address provided on the voter registration awarding to avoid delays with your registration.
You must sign your Voter Registration Application earlier it is returned to your County Clerk/Ballot Commissioner's function.

You must meet the following qualifications to annals to vote:

Historic period
- To register to vote you must be 18 years onetime.
- If y'all are 17 years quondam and will be 18 by the showtime Tuesday post-obit the kickoff Monday in November of this year, you can annals.

Residence
- To register, you must be resident of Nebraska and of the county where you are registering. If you motion to some other county, y'all must re-register.

Citizenship
- Yous must be a United States citizen in order to annals to vote.

Felony Conviction
- If you have been convicted of a felony, either in Nebraska or some other state or in federal court, you lot cannot register to vote until two years after the completion of your sentence including any probation or parole term.

Mentally Incompetent (Non compos mentis)
- If you have been found past a court to exist mentally incompetent, you cannot annals to vote.

Deadlines to Register to Vote

The following are the deadlines to register to vote in Nebraska:

Mail-in voter registrations must be mailed and postmarked on or earlier the tertiary Fri preceding an election.
Registrations completed at the state Department of Motor Vehicles must be completed past the third Friday preceding an ballot.
Voter registrations delivered by personal messenger or personal agent must arrive on or earlier the third Friday preceding an election.
Individuals may register in person at the County Clerk/Election Commissioner'south office prior to vi p.g. on the second Fri preceding an election.

Deadlines are subject to change due to weekends and holidays. Please see the Official Election Calendar for deadlines specific to this election bicycle.

Click here to obtain a voter registration application.

Click here to obtain contact data for county election offices.

If you are from out of state, click here to find the advisable contact information for your state.

Do I have to be registered to vote?

Yes, voter registration is required in Nebraska to exist eligible to vote.
The only exception is at a Presidential election for persons who have recently moved to Nebraska, or moved to another country afterwards that state's registration deadline. They may vote a Presidential-only election by contacting the canton ballot official.

Must I designate a political party affiliation?

No, voters may choose from any party that is recognized in Nebraska or they may choose to not affiliate with whatever political party past checking the non-partisan box on the application.
If you wish to vote in the primary election, where parties choose their nominees for state and canton offices, you need to declare your political party affiliation.
If yous register without a political party amalgamation, you lot volition receive just the non-partisan ballots at a primary election.
Non-partisans may designate a party preference at primary elections and receive partisan ballots for the Senate and House congressional races.
Political party designation has no bearing when voting a non-partisan ballot or in the full general election.

Are there situations where I would need to re-register?

You must re-register whenever you alter

Your proper noun,
Your address, or
Your party affiliation.
Failure to vote in a previous ballot does not require re-registration

Will I receive detect that my mail-in registration has been accepted and processed?

Yep, if y'all completed the form correctly and mailed it by the borderline (3rd Friday prior to the ballot), yous will receive an acknowledgment from the ballot official that y'all are properly registered.
If you are a first time registrant in Nebraska using the mail service in awarding and did not provide a copy of your electric current and valid ID or a form of address verification (utility neb, banking concern statement, etc.) for commencement time postal service in registrants, you will notified of the demand to exercise so.
If you have questions on your registration, call your County Clerk/Election Commissioner.

How is residence determined?

By police, your residence is that identify at which yous have established a dwelling house, where you lot are habitually present, and to which, when you depart, you intend to return.
Leaving for temporary purposes, such as armed services service, schoolhouse omnipresence, hospital stays, or missions work demand not result in a modify of residence for voting purposes.
However, any permanent change in your residence or accost will require you to re-register to vote.