The state Government Accountability Board announced Friday it expects the April 1 election to have a 20 percent turnout, a total of almost one million voters, according to a release.
The state Supreme Court Race, a referendum on the governor's Frankenstein"" veto power and other local issues and offices will be on the ballot Tuesday. Only around 875,000 voters are expected to vote.
Voter turnout in recent state Supreme Court elections has remained close to 20 percent, according to the release.
Kyle Richmond, public information officer of the GAB, said the turnout for judicial elections is generally low because voters are not aware of what the Supreme Court does. He said elections such as the recent presidential primaries seem more glamorous.
The abundance of issue ads and controversy surrounding them are not likely to affect turnout, because previous elections had similar situations and turnout stayed around 20 percent, according to Richmond.
