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Try a ‘democracy fee’
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Nov. 28, 2011
There may be a simple solution to voter apathy by Canadians. Mine is to have a democracy fee. Here is how it would work. Every year of a four-year government term, citizens of voting age pay a democracy fee of, say, $5 that goes to Elections Canada. When an election is called, the citizen, upon voting, gets a refund of $10. Voter apathy solved. And if a person can’t be bothered to vote, to get their $10 back, the funds go to Elections Canada to offset the cost of the election…
Tags: ideology, participation, rights
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