Election concerns? Recommends including ballot box (8)
I believe the answer is:
turnouts
'election concerns?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'recommends including ballot box' is the wordplay.
'recommends' becomes 'touts' (I've seen this in another clue).
'including' indicates putting letters inside.
'ballot box' becomes 'urn' (urn can mean a ballot box in some countries).
'touts' going around 'urn' is 'TURNOUTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for turnouts that I've seen is " Crowds".)