SPRINGFIELD — A preliminary election broke records in a way no one wanted to see: It had the lowest vote turnout in at least 70 years.
In Tuesday’s three-race election, 1,508 of the 44,407 registered voters cast ballots in the four wards where there were elections to cut the field of candidates to two. That meant a 3.4% turnout.
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