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Fremont set to vote on immigration ordinance Tuesday

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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Fremont set to vote on immigration ordinance Tuesday

• By NICHOLAS BERGIN / Lincoln Journal Star
• Feb 9, 2014
• Feb 9, 2014 Updated May 30, 2026
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Leaflets were delivered to almost all houses in Fremont by the "NO" campaign during the week preceding Tuesday's special election.

• EVAN NORDSTROM / For the Lincoln Journal Star

A billboard on the U.S. 77 in Fremont urges people to vote yes to repeal an anti-illegal-immigration ordinance Tuesday.

• EVAN NORDSTROM / For the Lincoln Journal Star

A sign at the corner of Military and Nye Avenue in Fremont urgers people to vote yes on Tuesday.

• EVAN NORDSTROM / For the Lincoln Journal Star

A café called Torelleria y Taquerla Anita in Fremont. 

• EVAN NORDSTROM / For the Lincoln Journal Star

A vote yes sign stands along 16th Street in Fremont.

• EVAN NORDSTROM / For the Lincoln Journal Star

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By NICHOLAS BERGIN / Lincoln Journal Star

FREMONT — This eastern Nebraska town of about 26,000 souls is known for its picturesque sandpit lakes, for setting a Guinness World Record with a 1,652-pound Spam sandwich and for a housing law that thrust it to the front lines of the national immigration debate.

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