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While all the party leaders did their best to spin the local council election results into a ‘triumph’ for their respective parties, not one of them seemed in the least troubled by the fact that nearly two thirds of those entitled to vote hadn’t bothered. In some areas, turnout was a meagre 20% - this was a record low in local elections.  Which begs the question, at what point does voter apathy negate the legitimacy of the ‘ballot box’ mandate claimed by our local politicians? How much further does the quality of local democracy in this country have to sink before a root and branch review is called for? In many countries the vote is still a cherished right.  Why has it lost all value for so many people in this country? We need to find an answer to this. And quickly.

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