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U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., talks during a press conference on immigration and the census Jan. 25 at the Capitol in Washington. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP file)
Shelby County Election Commission Chairman Mark Luttrell was among those disappointed by the 54.5% countywide voter turnout in the Nov. 5 elections.
“That means about half of the people who are eligible to vote are making decisions for all of us,” the former Shelby County mayor told The Daily Memphian. “We really, I think, worked hard to encourage people to vote.”
Luttrell is asking people their thoughts on what was behind the low turnout, which was a low watermark for presidential elections, the most popular of the election cycles, since at least 1968.
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