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Local Groups Team up to Tackle Low Voter Turnout

Juneau may not remember the turnout for the last municipal election, since a majority seem to have slept through it.

It was 19.06 percent — but let’s round it up to 19.1 percent. That number, at least in part, inspired members of the League of Women Voters and Library Director Robert Barr to concoct Juneau Votes, a nonpartisan organization whose goal is registering and informing voters — and improving 19.1 percent.