Essentially nobody voted anywhere in this week's special election to pick Mark Ridley-Thomas's successor in the 26th state Senate district. But in the precinct that covers the USC campus, the stats are kinda stark. LAist editor Zach Behrens found by dropping the results into a spreadsheet that of 1,451 registered voters, a total of four ballots were returned. The irony, if you want to call it that, is that USC's Neon Tommy did as much on the race as any media.
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Worst voter turnout: USC precinct
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