Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 17. Cities of the Second Class And Villages § 17-202.01. Board of trustees; three or five members; procedure

(1) Pursuant to petitions filed or a vote of the village board of trustees under subsection (2) of this section, the registered voters in any village may vote at any statewide general election as to whether the village board of trustees shall consist of three or five members. Upon the completion of the canvass by the county canvassing board, the proposition shall be decided and, if the number of members is:

(3) If the resolution is so filed or the petition or petitions are found to contain the required number of valid signatures, the election commissioner or county clerk shall cause the question to be submitted to the voters of the village at such statewide general election and give notice thereof in the general notice of such election. The form of the ballot shall be respectively: For three members of the village board of trustees or for five members of the village board; and the same shall be printed upon the regular ballots cast for officers voted for at such election and shall be counted and canvassed in the same manner.

(4) If a majority of votes cast at the election favor the proposition for three members of the village board of trustees, thereafter the village shall have three members, and if a majority of the ballots cast at the election favor the proposition for five members of the village board, thereafter the village shall have five members.