Legal Marijuana NOW

§1Ballot status

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It is on Nebraska's own list of parties qualified for the 2026 election.^1,2,4 The state's class for it: recognized political party.^1,2,4

Did not open its 2026 primary; voters with no party affiliation could vote only in its U.S. Senate and U.S. House primary races.² The final general election candidate list shows its nominees for U.S. Senate, the 3rd Congressional District, and Governor and Lieutenant Governor.⁴

How a party qualifies in Nebraska

To form a new party, organizers file a sample petition and list of sponsors with the Secretary of State, then collect signatures equal to at least 1% of the votes cast for Governor at the last election for that office, including at least 1% of that vote in each of the three congressional districts.⁵ Where in the source: § 32-716(1) Petitions are due by January 15 for the party to appear in that year's primary, or by July 15 for the general election only. The party name may not repeat words from an existing party's name or use the words independent or nonpartisan.⁵ Where in the source: § 32-716(1)-(2) The Secretary of State checks the signatures within 20 business days. The new party must then file its constitution, bylaws and officer list within 20 days, after which the Secretary of State certifies it.⁶

How a party keeps its status

A party may run candidates in the primary only if it has at least 10,000 registered voters, or if at one of the last two statewide general elections its nominee won at least 5% of the statewide vote in a statewide race, or its nominees in districts covering the whole state each won at least 5% in their districts.⁷ A party may also end its own status by filing a notice of dissolution; if filed before December 1 of the year before a primary, the party is left off that primary ballot.⁸ Where in the source: § 32-720(2)

§2How it picks nominees

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Primary election. ^{7,9,10,11,12,13}

Nebraska's rules for nominating

Recognized parties choose their nominees in the primary, and the general election ballot lists the candidates nominated there along with any candidates who qualified by petition.^7,9 Where in the source: § 32-814(1) A party may require its primary candidates to be registered members, and may let voters with no party vote in its primary by filing a rule at least 60 days before the primary. Voters with no party may always ask for one party's ballot for U.S. Senate and U.S. House.^10,11,12 Where in the source: §§ 32-702, 32-702.01, 32-912(2)-(3) A new party formed after the primary nominates each candidate by a petition of at least 25 registered voters of that party, filed by September 1 with the filing fee.¹³

§3On the 2026 ballot

3 Candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House or governor whose label on Nebraska's November 3 ballot names this party, from the state's official candidate list. Labels are shown exactly as the ballot prints them. Other offices aren't covered yet.

§4Notes on Nebraska’s party research

What the research couldn’t find or confirm about Nebraska’s parties, in its own plain words. Nothing is left out silently.

• The Secretary of State's final general election candidate list prints the party column as Legal Marijuana, which appears to be cut off by the column width; the Secretary of State's other 2026 pages give the full name, Legal Marijuana NOW.
• We did not find an official source stating how each party first qualified or the vote or registration figures that kept each one recognized for 2026.
• America First and Nebraska Working People were added after the first research pass, when a cross-check against the elections build's ballot file found their nominees on the Secretary of State's final candidate list (whose party column is cut off as Nebraska Working); the full names come from the October 1, 2026 voter registration report. We did not find the Secretary of State's certification of either party.