Experts: Every vote matters in municipal elections, so why is nobody voting?

Lake County’s voters can start heading to the polls Wednesday when early voting sites across the county open their doors in advance of the November general municipal election.

As local officials make decisions impacting development, road repairs, police and fire services, and more every day, municipal elections are arguably those that impact voters the most, experts say. Yet despite the significance, they are also the elections that drive the fewest number of voters to the polls. “It’s counter intuitive because voters are closest to local elected officials,” Dr. Yu Ouyang, associate professor of political science at Purdue University Northwest, said.

In the northern part of the county, Griffith stands as a Republican stronghold, amid a largely Democratic landscape. The November primary there was cancelled after no Democrats signed up to run for the Clerk-Treasurer position or one of the five town council seats on the ballot. Democrats remain a majority in the northern part of the county where Whiting and New Chicago both cancelled their November municipal elections because no Republican challengers were on the ballot.

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