Dawes County reported a voter turnout of 61 percent in this election cycle. Both Chadron and Crawford defeated the move to fluoridate community water sources. State law now requires communities with populations of over 1,000 to fluoridate their water unless voters opt out. In Crawford, 240 voters said they did not want fluoridation, compared to 194. In Chadron, 973 voters spoke out against fluoridation, and 920 supported it…

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