1 in 16 Atlanta voters show up for runoff
Voter turnout in Tuesday’s runoff election for Atlanta Board of Education was 6.2 percent for citywide representatives, down from 19.8 percent turnout in last month’s general election.
Runoffs generally draw fewer than half as many voters as general elections, and rainy conditions may have also kept voters away from the polls.
The highest turnout occurred in north Atlanta, where 9.8 percent of voters showed up.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
