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...After several weeks of rallies, public forums and a candlelight vigil, students vote by a slender margin to return grapes to dining halls. More than 3,000 undergraduates cast ballots in the "Great Grape Referendum," a higher turnout than the last election for the Undergraduate Council...
...November election's low turnout reflected voter apathy: About 16,000 cast ballots--only 17 percent of the city's population and 40 percent of its registered voters, according to the Cambridge Election Commission. By comparison, over 42,000 voted in the peak year...
Voters and pundits alike attributed the low turnout in November to the lack of divisive community issues. In previous elections, topics like rent control which directly impacted local demographics spurred Cantabrigians into the voting booth. With rent control abolished, the city lacked an issue dear to its heart to motivate voters...
Also contributing to the low turnout was the lack of serious challenges to the incumbents...
...voter turnout in elections--only 23 percent in contested races last fall--hinders council members in grabbing the administration's attention...