Participation in Nebraska's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. "Democrats" are those persons of legal voting age who are registered in Nebraska as Democrats or who register as Democrats at the Precinct Caucus.

Saturday 5 March 2016: Nebraska Precinct Caucuses. Hours 10:00a-8:00p CST / 9:00a-7:00p MST (1600-0200 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Modified Caucus/Convention.

Precinct Caucuses
Source: Nebraska Democratic Party.
Status: Unofficial. Retrieved: Tuesday 8 March 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

The Nebraska presidential caucus is a binding caucus. Presidential preferences rendered at the caucus must be observed at succeeding levels (county, district, and state). Should a preference fall below the 15% threshold at any level, then those in that preference group may realign to join another preference, including "uncommitted".

Historically, Democrats who are unable to attend their caucus have been permitted to participate via an absentee process.

Saturday 5 March 2016: First Tier- Precinct Caucuses. The Precinct Caucus participants choose delegates to the County Conventions according to their Presidential preference. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated County Convention delegates.

25 of 30 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the Precinct Caucuses. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the congressional district or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

• 17 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the preferences expressed at the Precinct Caucuses in each of the State's 3 congressional districts.
• 8 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based the support for the presidential contenders at the Precinct Caucuses as a whole.
• 5 at-large National Convention delegates
• 3 Pledged PLEOs

Precinct Caucuses
Source: Nebraska Democratic Party.
Status: Unofficial. Retrieved: Tuesday 8 March 2016.

Tuesday 10 May 2016: Nebraska Advisory Primary. Hours 8:00a-8:00p CDT / 7:00a-7:00p MDT (1300-0100 UTC). The polls open and close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls open and close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and open and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone. Delegate Pledging: Advisory Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary. Today's primary has no affect on delegate allocation.

Advisory Primary
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Tuesday 21 June 2016.

Thursday 19 May - Sunday 29 May 2016 (presumably): Second Tier: County Conventions. County Convention delegates choose the county's delegates to the Nebraska State Democratic Convention. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated State Democratic Convention delegates.

Saturday 18 June 2016: Third and final tier: The State Democratic Convention convenes. National Convention Delegates are elected according to the results of the Precinct Caucuses. Delegate candidates may modify their presidential preference by submitting an updated pledge of support.

The remaining 5 National Convention delegates consist of

• 5 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 4 Democratic National Committee members.
• 1 Member of Congress (0 Senators and 1 Representative).
• 0 Governors.
• 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 5 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

13 December 2014: The Nebraska Democratic Party decides to conduct Presidential caucuses in 2016.

LB1048 was signed into law on 9 April 2014. The bill requires:

• state parties to file their delegate selection plan with the Secretary of State by 1 December of the year before [32-701 (1)];
• that at least 80% of the party's delegates are committed to a candidate based on the results of a caucus, the primary, or both [32-701 (1)(a) and (b)];
• that the plan specifies how delegates are committed [32-701 (1)(c)];
• that the plan specify whether the delegates are bound proportionally(with a threshold of at least 15%) or winner take all [32-701 (1)(c)].

11 January 2016: Nebraska state Senator John Murante introduced LB 871 which would create a presidential preference primary on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in March.