(1) Any person who is not, at the time of signing a petition, a registered voter and qualified to sign the petition except as provided in subdivision (1) of section 32-629 or who signs any name other than his or her own to any petition shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. (2) Any person who falsely swears to a circulator's affidavit on a petition, who accepts money or other things of value for signing a petition, or who offers money or other things of value in exchange for a signature upon any petition shall be guilty of a Class IV felony. (3) Any person who falsifies a letter submitted pursuant to section 32-632 or subsection (3) of section 32-1305 or who signs any name other than his or her own to such letter shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1546
Petition signers and circulators; prohibited acts; penalties
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State Ex Rel. Stenberg v. Moore (1999)
Most recently applied in State Ex Rel. Stenberg v. Moore (November 1999)
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 445; Laws 2003, LB 444, § 13; Laws 2024, LB287, § 63; Laws 2025, LB521, § 79.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.