The cost of the Boise School District’s go-it-alone trustees’ election runs close to $70,000, the Idaho Press reported Saturday.

The Press’ Xavier Ward took a closer look at the district’s elections, which are held on the first Tuesday in September — and frequently the day after Labor Day.

Under the district’s unique governing charter, a document that predates statehood, Boise holds its elections in September, when no other races appear on the ballot. The district could amend this section of the charter, and Idaho’s two other charter districts have done so, Ward reported.

The Boise district incurs the cost of its trustee elections, which came to $69,352 last year, Ward said.

Turnout for the September trustee elections is chronically and notoriously low.

Barely 4,000 Boiseans voted in last fall’s election, translating to 3.7 percent turnout.

In 2014 and 2016, turnout was 6.3 percent and 4.8 percent, respectively.