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Tying mandate to turnout is actually a very interesting idea. Has this ever been tried?
by jen20 4y ago
Tying mandate to turnout is actually a very interesting idea. Has this ever been tried?
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- ly3xqhl8g9 4y agoI am afraid it's rather original. Afraid since originality in politics increases the chance of assassination, or even worse, marginalization. One technical issue to solve beforehand is reducing the cost of elections by 6-7 orders of magnitude. 2020 US election costed $14 billion (presidential and congressional) [1], 2020 India election costed $7 billlion [2]. It's completely unsustainable. Sending 500 million HTTPS messages using Amazon SES costs around $50,000. Perhaps elections should cost a bit more, but not with much, in order to be able to run them every other day/month. The fact that our societies are unable to hold elections often and at the cost of spam emails is also a sign we are not trending towards increasing democracy. [1] https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/10/cost-of-2020-election-14billion-update https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/10/cost-of-2020-electi... [2] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/why-indias-election-is-among-the-worlds-most-expensive/articleshow/68367262.cms https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabh...
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