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Old 03-11-2009, 04:42 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by RLW View Post
What was the voter turn out for the elections. I heard that it was just about 22% which if that was the case, I wouldn't call it a good turn out as stated in the last sentence of the first paragraph.
According to the Laconia Sun (which does not have a stellar record for getting the facts right), the Alton turnout this year was 956 out of 4065 or 23.5 percent. Last year 788 out of 3,835 voted; 20.5 percent.

I think that this is about the normal deal.
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