[ncdnhc-discuss] Voter turnout in Michigan school board elections

[James Love]

"In almost half of Michigan school districts fewer than 5% of eligible
voters participated in the 2000 school board election"

http://www.epc.msu.edu/publications/databrief/databrief5.pdf

Voter turnout averaged 7.8% in school board elections in 2000. Turnout
ranged from .3% to 60% of registered voters. In almost half of Michigan
school districts fewer than 5% of eligible voters participated in the 2000
school board election. Three-quarters of dis tricts had turnouts of 10% or
less.  Not all eligible citizens register to vote, so the percentage of
eligible citizens voting in school board elections is even lower than the
7.8% turnout among registered voters.

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