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What if there were a voting opt-out fee for US elections?
It would be something like this: you pay nothing to vote, if you don’t want to vote you pay a small opt-out fee, if you don’t pay the fee or vote you incur a larger fine.
Would it increase the number of voters? Would it increase the number of, say, younger voters who don’t tend to vote? Is it a good idea? At what amounts would you set the fees/fines?
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