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Early word on turnout is that it's pretty slim. My colleague Eric Swensen saw three voters at the polls over a period of two hours. Primary turnouts are typically low, and with rain, no mayoral race this year and no overarching issues (think baseball stadium) it's not surprising.
Does it have to be this way? Greensboro could opt to have an election/runoff system like Raleigh's vote today, where if a candidate tops 50 percent in October, they win outright on the spot. That would make the first vote a little more meaningful. Or there could be no primary like in Guilford County's smaller towns and save everything for a November general election.
Thoughts?
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