Springfield records lowest voter turnout in at least 70 years with 3.4% of people casting ballots in preliminary

SPRINGFIELD — A preliminary election broke records in a way no one wanted to see: It had the lowest vote turnout in at least 70 years.

In Tuesday’s three-race election , 1,508 of the 44,407 registered voters cast ballots in the four wards where there were elections to cut the field of candidates to two. That meant a 3.4% turnout.