Responsive Gov’s Grade TL;DR

Nebraska utilized its annual technical legislation to enact constructive adjustments, including a key provision allowing the state’s major cities to consolidate municipal elections with the general cycle. These practical steps toward administrative efficiency earned the state a B rating.

Looking Back

Where Nebraska Started at the Beginning of 2025

• Automatic Voter Registration: No
• Online Voter Registration: DMV ID
• Same-Day Registration: No
• Restoration of Rights: Parole and/or Probation Disenfranchisement
• Vote by Mail: No-Excuse
• Electronic Registration Information Center Member: No
• Early Voting Opportunities: Regular Ballot Early Voting
• ID Requirements: No Document Required

Relying on the Cost of Voting Index for Nebraska as of 2024, we considered the state a middle tier state for pre-existing voting policy and compared its 2025 activity against other middle tier states.

How Our Tier Compares

• COVI (2024): 28th
• EPI Score (2022): 5th

2025: This Past Year

Legislative Action

The Nebraska Legislature made several positive improvements to the state’s election laws in the election omnibus legislation it passed.

• LB 521 allows Omaha and Lincoln to consolidate their local elections with statewide elections; expands watcher access, while setting firm boundaries on not getting in they way of election workers doing their job; requires multiple rounds of testing for vote count devices; and requires clerks to notify a voter when a registration has been canceled at the voter’s request, among other things.