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Local elections 2012: fed up, not fired up

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Friday, 4 May 2012 (on May 4, 2012)

The economy is in recession, times are hard and there is much to complain about. Yet more than two-thirds of voters chose to abstain

Only one eligible voter in every three participated in the local..

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