Voter turnout: new world record
Thought the voter turnout in the Brent East byelection was underwhelming? Try the headline of this report from the AP via Arkansas television station KAIT: “Man Loses Uncontested School Board Race.” He couldn’t even vote for himself because his polling station was closed. But apparently an adminstrative screw-up, rather than apathy, is to blame. The Blytheville Courier News reports that he is challenging the result.
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