Polls open for Election Day 2024 in Fairbury’s four wards

FAIRBURY, Neb. - Voters of all ages began to trickle into Fairbury’s four polling places in the early stages of Tuesday’s Election Day.  

Even in a small town of a few thousand, Fairbury operates a polling place for each of its four wards:  

The 4-H Building at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds for Ward 1, as well as the local communities of Buckley, Antelope and Endicott 

The Community Building in the City Park for Ward 2 

Grace Lutheran Church on G Street for Ward 3 

And American Lutheran Church on 12th and K for Ward 4 

While not many people were out and about in the late morning hours on Tuesday, that’s expected to change as the day progresses: the Nebraska Secretary of State’s office is predicting that three out of every four registered voters in the state will turn in a ballot this year.  

And that includes early voting, which has been a big subplot in this year’s election cycle – and that’s true in this part of the state as well.  

Jefferson County officials reported Monday afternoon that they had already received approximately 750 early ballots from across the county – a number that beats out the previously recorded high by more than a hundred.  

Ballots are open until 8 p.m. CT Tuesday, and then results will begin to be reported across the state and across the country.

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