Sunday 1 March - Friday 10 April 2020: County Conventions elect delegates to the State Convention.

This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Tuesday 12 May 2020: Nebraska Presidential 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 Selection: Winner-Take-All Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

All 36 of Nebraska's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to the candidate who receives the most votes in today's Nebraska Presidential Primary [Nebraska Republican Party State Constitution Article VII §3.3; Proposed Rules 2016 Nebraska Republican Party State Convention, Rule 14].

Presidential Primary
Source: Nebraska Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 5 July 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

Friday 5 June - Saturday 6 June 2020: The Nebraska State Republican Convention convenes in Kearney.

• Congressional District Caucuses made up of the State Convention delegates from each of Nebraska's 3 congressional districts elect the 9 district National Convention delegates (3 per congressional district) according to the results of the primary.
• The State Convention as a whole selects 24 (10 base at-large plus 14 bonus) at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention according to the results of the primary. [NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN PARTY CONSTITUTION, Article VII Section 3., Amended 6 June 2015].
• The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of Nebraska's Republican Party, will attend the convention as pledged delegates by virtue of their position. [In each year when a President of the United States is to be elected, the State Convention shall elect a National Committeeman and a National Committeewoman to take office at the close of the succeeding National Convention. - NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN PARTY CONSTITUTION, Article IV Section 1, Amended 6 June 2015]

National Convention delegates are bound to vote for the candidate they pledged support for the first 2 ballots at the National Convention unless the candidate received less than 35% of the vote.