1.0Newscoveragehttps://newscoverage.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="U61P48Tklw"><a href="https://newscoverage.org/index.php/2014/11/05/school-board-voter-participation-dips/">School board voter participation dips</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://newscoverage.org/index.php/2014/11/05/school-board-voter-participation-dips/embed/#?secret=U61P48Tklw" width="600" height="338" title="“School board voter participation dips” — Newscoverage" data-secret="U61P48Tklw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://newscoverage.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> By Robert Frankwww.thesuburban.com Proportionately fewer eligible voters bothered to cast their ballots in this year’s Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB) election than last time that they were called to the polls, seven years ago. In 2007, one in six voters exercised their democratic franchise, whereas this year only one in seven eligible voters bothered