Why Don’t School Board Races Attract More Voters?

Charles Edwards / WABE News

Atlanta voters will choose nine school board members next Tuesday. School board races typically yield low voter turnout. But why? 

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Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to vote for mayor and city council seats. But it’s likely that many of them will skip the school board candidates, like DeKalb County resident Mattias Pohl did in July of 2012.