Kevin Entze, a police officer from Washington state, knows it all could have been different.

Entze lost a GOP primary in a state House race by one vote out of more than 11,700 cast. And then he found out that one of his fellow reserve officers forgot to mail in his ballot.

“He left his ballot on his kitchen counter, and it never got sent out,” Entze told Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Voter Turnout Could Hit 50-Year Record For Midterm Elections
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Voter Turnout Could Hit 50-Year Record For Midterm Elections

That was 16 years ago, but it is stories like that that highlight just how much every vote can matter. And yet the last midterm elections in 2014 saw the lowest voter participation in more than 70 years.