What if you had an election and no one showed up? Statistically speaking that?s almost what occurred Tuesday when only 28 percent of Baltimore?s registered voters ? 1 of out of 9 adults eligible to vote ? decided that victor Mayor Sheila Dixon should be granted a four-year extension on her eight-month stewardship of the city.

Election officials said the turnout was the lowest since 1991, when only 27 percent of voters turned out to re-elect incumbent Mayor Kurt Schmoke.

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