Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Deep red Nebraska counties are voting by mail. Turnout has never been higher.
John Amiri drops his ballot in the official ballot drop box outside the Douglas County Election Commission on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Omaha, Neb. Nebraskans in 11 counties now vote exclusively by mail, after receiving a ballot in the mail and then either mailing it back or dropping it in a similar drop box. But in Nebraska's bigger cities, including Omaha and Lincoln, you must request a mail ballot.
In 2020, as the country voted in and then sweated out a razor-thin presidential election, the voters of Clay County in rural south-central Nebraska participated in numbers never seen in this century.
The number of potential voters living in the county had barely budged since 2016. And yet, during the 2020 election, some 507 more voters cast ballots than had in 2016 – a 16% spike.
In total, some 84% of Clay County's 4,271 registered voters cast ballots, far higher than Nebraska's statewide turnout and the country's.
So what changed in 2020?
For the first time, Clay County's registered voters al...
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