BOONE COUNTY â The Boone County Muleskinners and the Boone County Pachyderm Club will host an educational event called Show Me The Vote, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
David Lile from KFRU will moderate the event. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, state Elections Co-Director Chrissy Peters, Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon and Cooper County Clerk Sarah Herman will attend as panelists.
The focus of the forum is to educate and inform the public about voting processes, equipment and regulations. It will mainly be conducted in a Q&A format.
âIt has been rare for Democrats and Republicans to work together these days. I hope this event to be a start for this continues to happen,â Scott Cristal of the Muleskinners, a Democratic club, said. âCome with questions and curiosity. It will be very informative.â
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The 2020 election had a record turnout in Missouri and throughout the United States. Can we keep this momentum going, or is this a fluke?
More than 3 million Missouri voters cast ballots in this year’s presidential election. It was the first time the state exceeded that threshold. Boone County had a 1.6% increase in registered voters and around 7,000 more people cast votes in this year’s election compared to the presidential election in 2016. The entire country had a strong turnout this year, recording a 66.2% turnout among the voting eligible population, according to the Washington Post.
Election analysts hope to maintain that high voter participation. But that might be a challenge because of America’s relatively low voter participation rates.