Jefferson City Municipal Election Edition In our town, typically, only 12-15% of registered voters bother to show up to vote in municipal elections held in April of each year. Sometimes, when there are contested races for the city council or school board or a bond or tax issue on the ballot, we’ll get as much as 20%. One of the largest employers in our area (besides the state government) is our local public school district. But even its employees, including teachers, don’t seem to vote in any greater numbers than anyone else, even though the school board approves the district's budgets, policies, and employee salaries. Almost half of those who voted in the last three local elections were over the age of 65, and 74% were over the age of 50.
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