As the 2024 presidential election looms, concerns over youth voter turnout is quickly becoming a sweeping concern among politico pundits.
Just 49% of young Americans ages 18-29 plan to vote in the 20.
The Summerville Town Council at its regular meeting Thursday, Dec. 14, heard the first readings of four ordinances aimed at addressing concerns related to people experiencing homelessness.
Voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was relatively low – although not unexpectedly so – election officials in Montezuma and La Plata counties say.
Turnout in La Plata County hovered at 32.9% as of 2:3.
Former Summerville Mayor Wiley Johnson, who navigated Summerville through some of its more contentious fiscal and policy problems in recent years, is calling for strong new leadership in the mayor’s