The Green Papers 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
Nebraska Democrat Presidential Nominating Process Candidate filing deadline for candidates not generally recognized: Thursday 14 March 2024 Primary: Tuesday 14 May 20241 County Conventions: Saturday 18 May - Tuesday 28 May 2024 State Convention: Friday 7 June - Sunday 9 June 2024 |
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Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary. 34 total delegate votes - 20 district / 6 at large; 3 Pledged PLEOs; 5 Unpledged PLEOs |
States Chronologically States Alphabetically |
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Delegate Selection Plan from the Nebraska Democratic Party. 16 June 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting found this plan in conditional compliance. Due to the May primary, the state qualifies for a 20% bonus which is 4 delegates. 14 September 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee found this plan to be in full compliance. A candidate who has been determined by the Secretary of State to be a recognized candidate for the presidency is automatically placed on the primary election ballot. For others, the deadline for filing is 15 March 2024. |
Participation in Nebraska's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Nebraska has voter registration by party and provides that a political party may allow non-affiliated voters to vote in their primary election. Nebraska Democratic Party has adopted this rule for 2024. Tuesday 14 May 2024: Nebraska Primary. Hours reportedly 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: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.
29 of 34 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the Primary. Write-in candidates are allowed. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.
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Saturday 18 May - Tuesday 28 May 2024: County Conventions. County Convention delegates choose the county's delegates to the Nebraska State Democratic Convention. |
Friday 7 June - Sunday 9 June 2024: The State Democratic Convention convenes in Hastings. On 8 June, National Convention Delegates are elected on according to the results of the Primary. The remaining 5 National Convention delegates consist of
These 5 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged". |
Notes |
Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change. 1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process. |
Links Links to other web sites |
Constitution Links to State Constitutions | |
• Nebraska Constitution | |
Election Authority | |
• Nebraska Secretary of State | |
• Nebraska Secretary of State - Election Administration | |
Legislature Links to State Legislatures | |
• Nebraska Revised Statutes | |
• Nebraska Unicameral Legislature | |
Democratic | |
• Nebraska Democratic Party | |
Media & others | |
• Alliance Times-Herald | |
• Columbus Telegram | |
• Fremont Tribune | |
• Grand Island Independent | |
• Kearney Hub | |
• KETV - ABC - Omaha | |
• KMTV - CBS - Omaha | |
• Lexington Clipper-Herald | |
• Lincoln Journal Star | |
• McCook Daily Gazette | |
• Norfolk Daily News | |
• North Platte Telegraph | |
• Omaha World-Herald | |
• Politics1.com - Nebraska | |
• The Beatrice Daily Sun |
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