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in the. general elections than in elections held at times of the year other than the Tuesday following the, firstMonday in November.,. Voter participation rates in the state general election are particularly high.'The following data from the City of St Paul ovier the previous four biennia illustrates this phenomenon. (it should'be �noted that St Paul's city and school district elections are conducted in the odd- numbered years.,) Will ;;,tate general election State primary City and school distri . ct general electio and school d'str' I i ict primary I I EA More �reciently, the City of North St Paul clonducted a special election to fill a vacancy, in the office of mayor on July 1. The. total number of persons voting in that election was `1 1 I'll 79. The voter turnout in the previous city general election was 5,02,13 it Milk S S' All 4W Ak I Ah, 40 fill oil 0 lie 00ft oil 0 0 lie 0 9 Aft 4W AL Ah AL A& M da Ah dk Ah eel S 0 All 9 11 all 0 0 0 so all d1b I a is I I oil 10 All I Orwift-10 MLY1610-1 all I MOTOR OIL Ig®r Milk Ab qo Will Finally, voters have the expectation that they will be electing their officials on a reigular schedule and w1il be looking for election-related information on that -basis. La.cking- a compelling reason to do otherwise,, our, view is that holding elections on non-standarld days can deter many people from voting as a consequence. of not having ad�elqlu�ate knowledge of the election and the reasons behind it. I hope this information is useful to you. If you need any add . Iti . onal information on special elections, pilea,se let me know.