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Panel wants L.A. to look at using prizes to boost voter turnout
LATimes ^ | August14, 2014 | DAVID ZAHNISER

Posted on 08/14/2014 9:51:11 PM PDT by Steelfish

Edited on 08/14/2014 9:56:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

LA's Ethics Commission votes to urge the City Council to look at using cash prizes to get more people to vote.

Council President Herb Wesson says the idea of using prizes to boost voter turnout piques his interest Alarmed that fewer than one-fourth of voters are showing up for municipal elections, the Los Angeles Ethics Commission voted Thursday to recommend that the City Council look at using cash prizes to lure a greater number of people to the polls.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; voterfraud
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To: Steelfish

I can imagine what would be said if a Republican made that proposal...

The slime ball media would be in head spinning mode.


21 posted on 08/14/2014 10:32:04 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: aft_lizard
Electioneering even by government bribe is still a crime.

Not if the idea passes through a "ethics" panel.

That makes it legal and ethical....lol

22 posted on 08/14/2014 10:34:25 PM PDT by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: Steelfish

Now there’s a unique answer to voter apathy, come out up front and just buy votes - votes to the highest bidder. There’s DeToqueville’s description of the ruin of Democracy.


23 posted on 08/14/2014 10:35:55 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: Steelfish

Uhmmmm....

That is illegal...


24 posted on 08/14/2014 10:50:29 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’ll take the bix Carol Merrill is standing in front of...


25 posted on 08/14/2014 10:52:06 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Steelfish

Insanity.


26 posted on 08/14/2014 10:54:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Steelfish

They used to call it walking-around money. Soon it will be just another government handout.


27 posted on 08/14/2014 11:40:27 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: Steelfish

Yeah, a carton of menthols would do it.


28 posted on 08/14/2014 11:46:33 PM PDT by Bullish (You ever notice that liberalism really just amounts to anti-morality?)
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To: Steelfish

Bump


29 posted on 08/15/2014 4:15:42 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: Bullish

Those low mind, no mind, un-informed “voters’ got the prize they voted for, OBAMA! Now look at the mess were all in.


30 posted on 08/15/2014 4:17:04 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: xuberalles
No, I'm just thinking the panel may be made up entirely of illegals.
31 posted on 08/15/2014 4:33:51 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Vendome

Laws usually dont apply to democrats


32 posted on 08/15/2014 4:35:26 AM PDT by lowbridge
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