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2010 Nebraska Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2010)

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2115 STATE CAPITOL BUILDING
LINCOLN, NE 68509-8920
(402) 471-2682
TID (402) 471-2682
CAPITOL FAX (402) 471-3297
TIERONE FAX (402) 471-4725

JON BRUNING
ATTORNEY GENERAL

SUBJECT:
REQUESTED BY:
WRITTEN BY:

Permissible Names For Use On Candidate Filing Papers And On
The Ballot In Nebraska.
John A. Gale
Nebraska Secretary of State
Jon Bruning, Attorney General
Dale A. Comer, Assistant Attorney General

2009 Neb. Laws LB 501 pertained to elections in Nebraska, and among other
things, it amended Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-607 to provide that candidate filing forms shall
contain the candidate's name; residence address; mailing address if different from the
residence address; telephone number; office sought; and party affiliation if the office
sought is a partisan office. As a result of LB 501, you decided to redesign the
candidate filing forms for various elected offices in the state. To assist in that effort, you
requested our guidance with respect to several questions regarding what names are
permissible for use on such forms and on the ballot,
In presenting your questions to us, you indicated that the current candidate filing
forms used by your office contain excerpts from a letter from the Attorney General
regarding permissible names which have been a part of those filing forms for some
time, perhaps as long as the early 1970's. You asked us to revisit some of the

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