Low turnout in local elections

  • Casting his vote Doug Hall was voting at the Extension Office on Tuesday afternoon. The turnout was light with 1,874 votes out of 15,601 registered.
    Casting his vote Doug Hall was voting at the Extension Office on Tuesday afternoon. The turnout was light with 1,874 votes out of 15,601 registered.
    With a total voter turnout of only 12 percent of the registered voters on Tuesday there were several close races created.In the contest for Mayor of Baxter Springs incumbent Kelly Abbott with 292 votes edged challenger Casi Shaw’s 269 votes.In the only Baxter Springs Council 4th Ward seat Sherry Brown won unopposed with 97 votes.In Galena incumbent Mayor Ashley Qualls-Gro...

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