No one in small southwest Missouri town voted on Tuesday
April 8, 2021
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LA RUSSELL, Mo. (AP) Local elections in April generally attract few voters but a small southwest Missouri town hit a new low this week when not one of its 70 residents cast a ballot.
Jasper County Clerk Charlie Davis said his office checked several times to confirm that no votes were cast Tuesday in La Russell in an election to decide if it should annex itself into the Avilla Fire Protection District.
La Russell voters have to travel 7 miles (11 kilometers) to Sarcoxie to vote and there apparently was little publicity and few reminders about the election, The Joplin Globe reported. La Russell is about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Kansas City.
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Missouri Town, Including Candidates on Ballot, Cast Zero Votes in Local Election
On 4/8/21 at 4:56 PM EDT
Nobody in the the Jasper County town of La Russell, Missouri, voted on Tuesday. That includes the candidates on the ballot.
Local elections in April generally suffer from low voter turnout, but in La Russell (population: 70) it can t get lower.
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Joplin Globe reported that Ray Miller and Brandy Carter, who were running unopposed to fill open seats on the La Russell Board of Trustees, didn t even vote for themselves. With no votes recorded, the board will have to consult state law on how the seats should be filled, according to Jasper County Clerk Charlie Davis.
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