The Superior Express -

The election year of 2022 continues on faster than most people realize, but maybe not fast enough for others.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8. If you want to vote in the election, you have to be registered to vote. If you need to register, the deadline for registration in Nebraska is Friday, Oct. 21. In most Nebraska counties this is done in the office of the county clerk of your home county.

Current figures for political choice are available from the office of the Nebraska Secretary of State and the following information comes from that office.

Registration . . . The total number of Nebraskans (registered to vote) across the state is 1,241,451. That figure shows an increase of 32,106 from May of 2020.

Numbers in the local area vary somewhat, however. They are as follows:

Nuckolls County: 2022: 3,144; 2020: 3,120; an increase of 24.

Webster County: 2022: 2,301; 2020: 2,305; a decrease of 4.

Clay County: 2022: 4,152; 2020: 4,228; a decrease of 76.

Adams County: 2022: 19,398; 2020: 19,190; an increase of 208.

Political Preference . . . In Nebraska you have a choice when you register to vote as to which political party you want be with. They are: Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, ‘Legal Marijuana Now’ or ‘Non-partisan.’ For this report, the last three are combined as ‘Other.’

In general terms, voter registration figures show the gradual shift from Democrat to either Republican or Other continues. The contrasting figures from 2020 to 2022 are as follows:

State wide: Republican: 2020: 577,536; 2022: 605,744; an increase of 28,208.

Democrat: 2020: 355,016; 2022: 345,121; a decrease of 9,895.

Other: 2020: 276,793; 2022: 290,586; an increase of 13,793.

Nuckolls County:

Republican: 2020: 1,936; 2022: 2108; an increase of 72.

Democrat: 2020: 696; 2022: 545: a decrease of 151.

Other: 2020: 488; 2022: 491; an increase of 3.

Webster County:

Republican: 2020: 1,467; 2022: 1,572; and increase of 105.

Democrat: 2020: 459; 2022: 362; a decrease of 97.

Other: 2020: 379; 2022: 367; a decrease of 12.

Clay County:

Republican: 2020: 2,841; 2022: 2922: an increase of 81.

Democrat: 2020: 738; 2022: 610; a decrease of 128.

Other: 2020: 649; 2022: 820; an increase of 171.

Adams County:

Republican: 2020: 10,688; 2022: 11,280; an increase of 592.

Democrat: 2020: 4,487; 2022: 4038; a decrease of 449.

Other: 2020: 4,015; 2022: 4,090; an increase of 75.

Across the state of Nebraska, the number of people registered as Republican in 2022 is 68,139 higher than in 2000. The number of people registered as Democrat is 47,223 fewer than in 2000. The number of people registered in one of the other three choices has increased 135,318.