On February 25, the Nebraska Secretary of State announced that he is putting two Democrats, five Republicans, and five Libertarians on presidential primary ballots automatically. Those not chosen are free to submit a petition with 300 signatures of party members. See this story. The Democrats are Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. The Republicans are Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump. The Libertarians are Marc Feldman, Gary Johnson, Steve Kerbel, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen.

The law directs the Secretary of State to place candidates on the ballot who are mentioned in news media. The primary is May 10.

Although Nebraska only has three qualified parties now, other parties can still get on the ballot if they submit a petition of 5,395 signatures by August 1. But such newly-qualifying parties would nominate by convention and would not have a primary or a presidential primary.