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Marshall says this spring would be a logical time, but the council faces a major constraint--if the voter turnout is not high enough, any referendum passed will not be binding...
...student government without enough money to perform its fundamental charge is no student government at all. And while the council has not been a shining example of representative government, it has reformed itself through down-sizing which resulted in more competitive elections this fall. An apathetic student body--voter turnout in the fall elections was predictably low--should not be allowed to slowly strangle the council out of existence by constricting its coffers...
...only are citizens not voting--the Sept. 19th primary had a record-low turnout of 7 percent--but they have less reason to go to the polls...
...further noted that one crucial omission from the ads of either party was college students. No college students were seen in any ad of the candidates, he said, because their low turnout rates have deemed them an inefficient demographic to target...
McKean says the student body's perception of the council likely contributed to the low turnout...