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2010 Nebraska Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2010)

handle is hein.sag/sagne0010 and id is 1 raw text is: STATE OF NEBRASKA thuct tf tUp 0ttornep cuclral 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 Plinled wilth say ink on recycled paper