Why Was Voter Turnout So Low in This Year's Local Elections?

: ( Sean Nelson
All nine seats on the city council up at once, the largest property tax levy in the city's history, a never-before-tried campaign financing scheme, and fucking pangolins. If all of that wasn't enough to get you to turn in your ballot, I don't know what would be.But, for plenty of you, it wasn't.
Voter turnout in this year's general election, which happened last night, is depressingly low so far and trending toward being equally sad even once all the last minute ballots still in t