Tracy considers the various ways to address low turnout at election time
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This from Tracy Mikich, Liberal Democrat candidate for Ryde South East in the 2021 Isle of Wight elections. Ed
Last week, I came last in the Ryde South East Council elections. Securing just 64 votes out of a potential 1,750.
The disturbing reality was only 22 per cent of people living in the ward actually voted. The winner was the Conservative candidate Warren Drew, who lives in Shanklin.