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Alpena News editorial We were saddened to read Steve Schulwitz’ recent dispatch telling us youth voter registration and turnout were low in Northeast Michigan, despite a national push to get young people to the polls. In Alpena County, for example, 62% of voters ages 18 to 21 turned out last month, compared to 81% of voters 60 and older, Schulwitz reported. It was even worse in the city, where just 54% of young voters turned out on Nov. 3. That’s discouraging, for a number of reasons. We hope, for example, that the apparent youth apathy this year is not a sign of the future, that tod...
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