Voter Turnout Above Average For School Issue

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Voter Turnout Above Average For School Issue

March 15, 2012 ⋅

Candidate advice. If you want to get elected, contact the “Friends” of Boise Schools–they know how to get out the vote. For a single ballot question with little personality, no religious issues, or gender gaps the turnout was great in Ada County–a Whopping 29%.

Compared to the Boise mayor/council election the turnout was nearly double. In Dave Bieter’s landslide election, 89% of registered voters declined to vote for him. Turnout in that election was 16% and he got 69% of the votes cast–which was a mere 11% of registered voters.

Here’s how the school levy vote broke down according to the county election office:

PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 136). . . . . 136 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS – TOTAL . . . . . 190,951
REGISTERED VOTERS – MERIDIAN SCHOOL. . 92,675
REGISTERED VOTERS – BOISE SCHOOL DIST . 98,276
BALLOTS CAST – TOTAL. . . . . . . 51,393
BALLOTS CAST – MERIDIAN SCHOOL DIST. . 22,817
BALLOTS CAST – BOISE SCHOOL DISTRICT . 28,576
VOTER TURNOUT – TOTAL . . . . . . 26.91
VOTER TURNOUT – MERIDIAN SCHOOL DIST. . 24.62
VOTER TURNOUT – BOISE SCHOOL DISTRICT . 29.08

BOISE SCHOOL LEVY BOISE SCHOOL DISTRICT
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,373 71.36
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,177 28.64

MERIDIAN SCHOOL LEVY MERIDIAN SCHOOL DIST.
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,245 53.69
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,562 46.31

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