Low turnout for NSD election despite 3 vying for 2 school board seats

NEWPORT, N.H. — Despite a race for school board with three candidates vying for a pair of three-year seats, turnout was sparse at the Newport School District elections on Tuesday.

At 3:17 p.m. on Tuesday, the sun was shining and it was in the mid-60s. This was a bit different than two years ago when a snowstorm hit the region, but that didn’t mean turnout would be much higher, apparently. So far, there were 298 of the district’s approximately 4,000 registered voters had cast a ballot, and there was not one new registered voter.

To put this into perspective, the year of the snowstorm had 232 voters come out to the polls all day. Last year, 808 voters turned out, which was about 20%.

School District Clerk Robert Scott and School Board Chair Steve Morris both agreed that there were not many contestable items on the warrant, and no major tax impact, which could have been a reason for voters ignoring the election.




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