EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — It's common to see a sizable drop-off in voter turnout in an odd-numbered year, according to data from the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder.

But County Clerk and Recorder Steve Schleiker argues what voters decide on this year has just as big an impact as presidential and midterm years.

Colorado Springs voter Tony Pallazarri says he can't remember the last time he didn't vote.

"It's had to be 20 or 30 years," said Pallazarri.

Pallazarri lives in the Academy School District 20 area in Colorado Springs. He voted on the school board race as part of this year's election, a vote he says matters a great deal to him because he graduated from a D20 school.

"Even if there's only two or three things on there, they still matter, or we wouldn't be voting on them," s

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