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Higher voter turnout in west side neighborhoods strongly affects Akron school board results

Fewer than 20% of registered Akron voters weighed in on which of the eight candidates for the Akron Board of Education should earn one of the four open seats. Despite low turnout rates across the city, neighborhoods on the west side of Akron with the highest voter turnout โ€”ย particularly the blocks near and to the north of West Market Street โ€” dramatically influenced the overall outcome of the race.

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