March 09, 2025
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Photo gallery: Election Day in La Salle, Bureau counties

With sunny skies and pleasant temperatures, voters hit the polls across La Salle and Bureau counties Tuesday morning on Election Day.

Maurie Schennum, of Princeton, places his ballot inside of a ballot machine at the Bureau County Metro Center in Princeton. The Metro Center had 30 voters as of 6:30 a.m. (Scott Anderson)

Maurie Schennum, of Princeton, places his ballot inside of a ballot machine at the Bureau County Metro Center in Princeton. The Metro Center had 30 voters as of 6:30 a.m. (Scott Anderson)

Election judge Guy Woodworth uses an electronic voting pad to register a voter while sitting behind plexiglass at the Oglesby Elks. (Scott Anderson)

Farm Ridge Election Judge Marcia Gray accepts a finished ballot Tuesday morning at the Grand Ridge Community Center. Turnout was high by mid-morning. (Tom Sistak)

Voters fill every booth at the VFW in La Salle. (Scott Anderson)

Michelle Villarreal, of Spring Valley, receives her ballot from election judge Ken Bergagna at Hall High School in Spring Valley. (Scott Anderson)

A line forms to place ballots into a voting machine at the Oglesby Elks. The machine at the Elks was down but judges still collected the ballots and they will be fed through a machine at the La Salle County Courthouse in Ottawa. (Scott Anderson)

The sun rises over a "Vote Here" sign in Princeton. Temperatures are in the lower 60's with sunny skies on Election Day. (Scott Anderson)

Brittany Panicuci, of Oglesby, places her ballot into a machine as election judge Ken Ficek assists. The ballot machine at the Oglesby Elks was down. (Scott Anderson)

A sign on a paper plate reads "place dirty pens here" on a back of a chair that sits next to a voting machine at the Oglesby Elks. (Scott Anderson)

A line begins to form outside the Elks in Oglesby. (Scott Anderson)

Voting stickers are placed in a basket on top of a voting machine. (Scott Anderson)

A close up of a ballot machine as stickers await voters at the La Salle VFW. (Scott Anderson)

Josh Summer, of La Salle, wears his patriotic mask while voting at the VFW in La Salle. (Scott Anderson)

A short line of voters cast their ballot at the VFW in La Salle. (Scott Anderson)

A close up of the election stickers that voters are receiving this year after they vote. (Scott Anderson)

Peru Police officer Ben Bentley receives his ballot from election judge Kathy Bly at Zion Lutheran Church in Peru. (Scott Anderson)

Voters fill out their ballots in the cafeteria at Hall High School in Spring Valley. (Scott Anderson)

Voters fill out ballots in voting booths at the Bureau County Metro Center in Princeton. (Scott Anderson)