Guns and Voting in Nebraska
Concealed guns are always prohibited in churches and schools with a few exceptions for law enforcement and security. With the repeal of the concealed carry permit requirement, it is currently unclear if concealed firearms will be allowed at polling locations by voters, election workers, and poll watchers when they aren’t located in schools and churches.
Summary
Nebraska prohibits concealed handguns at polling places during an election, and all firearms on K–12 school grounds. The state does not prohibit the open carry of firearms and does not have specific laws against the use of firearms to harass or intimidate but does make it a crime to make terroristic threats.
Polling Place
Concealed carry permitholders may not carry concealed handguns at a polling place during an election. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-2441.
Crime of Making Terroristic Threats - Elements to Establish an Offense
1. He or she threatens to commit any crime of violence;
2. With the intent to terrorize another;
3. With the intent of causing the evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation; or
4. In reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or evacuation.
Actual Text of the Law
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-311.01
(1) A person commits terroristic threats if he or she threatens to commit any crime of violence:
(a) With the intent to terrorize another;
(b) With the intent of causing the evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation; or
(c) In reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or evacuation.