Nebraska law allows new parties to hide funding sources
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 19:02 · Archive
Nebraska law does not require new political parties to disclose their finances until they qualify for the ballot, leaving a funding gap.
Nebraska requires candidates and ballot-measure campaigns to disclose how much they spend on signature gathering, but new political parties face no such requirement until they qualify for the ballot. For 2026, this creates a gap of at least two months during which spending by the Nebraska Working People Party and America First Party will likely never be disclosed, unless party officials choose to reveal it voluntarily.
The Working People Party has said it will not disclose this information. One party official cited the lack of transparency in his resignation. By an October 5 reporting deadline, neither party had filed a state disclosure report.
Gavin Geis, executive director of Common Cause Nebraska, told the Nebraska Examiner that this represents a significant oversight. 'This cycle has shown us that absolutely this is an area where money is going to be spent to impact politics in meaningful ways that Nebraskans want to know about, but they can't right now,' he said. An examination of the petitions for the two new parties showed that most of the thousands of signatures, if not all, came from paid circulators.
How it is being reported
- Who funded Nebraska Working People, America First parties? Law doesn’t require disclosure.Candidates and ballot-measure campaigns petitioning to appear on Nebraska’s ballot must disclose how much is spent on signature gathering.WOWT · 19 Oct, 18:44
- Who funded Nebraska Working People, America First parties? Law doesn’t require disclosure.Candidates and ballot-measure campaigns petitioning to appear on Nebraska’s ballot must disclose how much is spent on signature gathering.1011Now · 19 Oct, 18:44
In this story: Nebraska Working People Party · America First Party · Common Cause Nebraska · Gavin Geis · Nebraska · Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission
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