24-12-2003 22:46									#1
	ANyone have any realistic ideas on how to increase voter turnout Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

and general awareness about politics-or is it impossible?

This is aimed at Americans but anyone can answer heh.

	24-12-2003 22:48									#2
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cattle prods.

	24-12-2003 22:50									#3
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give the power back to local politics.

ie states and cities.

	24-12-2003 22:51									#4
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Some sort of financial incentive, that's how our student government gets people to vote.

	24-12-2003 22:52									#5
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A tax rebate for people who vote? Maybe making it so you can't recieve government services unless you first vote. That worked with the selective service.

	24-12-2003 22:52									#6
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First, make Election Day a national holiday.

Second, provide a coupon to each voter, which provides a tax credit when included in the next year's tax return.

	24-12-2003 23:14									#7
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk First, make Election Day a national holiday. Second, provide a coupon to each voter, which provides a tax credit when included in the next year's tax return.

Good idea, very good idea...

	24-12-2003 23:16									#8
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quote: Second, provide a coupon to each voter, which provides a tax credit when included in the next year's tax return.

Like we needed another reason for people to attempt to vote more than once .

	24-12-2003 23:19									#9
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Tell them they are no longer allowed to vote, and that the current prime-minister/president will now serve for life.

Suddenly they will all want to vote (for a while anyway)

	24-12-2003 23:19									#10
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Make it mandatory. It works for Australia.

	24-12-2003 23:21									#11
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voting is mandatory in Australia?

	24-12-2003 23:23									#12
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Co-operate with McDonalds so that they include a voting form in BigMac rappers, and they can turn the trash can into a temporary ballot box.

	24-12-2003 23:30									#13
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BigMac Rappers? is this some new crew I am unaware of?

better ask Albert.

	24-12-2003 23:31									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel BigMac Rappers? is this some new crew I am unaware of? better ask Albert.

Haven't seen the new McDonalds commercials?

	24-12-2003 23:49									#15
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make it so those who dont vote in the next election can't vote in the one after that.

in 8 years you'd have 95% turnout.

	24-12-2003 23:51									#16
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Cut their number of posts by 10%.

	25-12-2003 00:04									#17
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@ Davout

Threaten with jail time? That probably works in the penal colony of Australia since its mandatory there.

	25-12-2003 00:11									#18
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Make a voter lottery. Everyone who votes gets entered into it (you'd have to set it up so there's no benefit for voting twice, like a cross-check on name and social security number or something like that). Since so many people like to play the lotto I doubt they'd miss the opportunity to win for free. You could even take a cut off of political contributions to pay for the winnings.

	25-12-2003 00:12									#19
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move the election day to april 15th. or move tax day to november 3rd.

	25-12-2003 00:16									#20
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Get political parties who are differentiable from each other.

	25-12-2003 00:19									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Uber KruX make it so those who dont vote in the next election can't vote in the one after that. in 8 years you'd have 95% turnout.

	25-12-2003 00:29									#22
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Make taxes double for people who don't vote. Also, deny non-voters any sort of public service.

	25-12-2003 01:25									#23
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Get rid of the obligation to register as a voter in the first place. Just send all of the US citizens a notice they can vote on day X.

It works here

	25-12-2003 01:38									#24
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I love oxymoronic thread titles.

"REALISTIC ideas for increasing voter turnout"

	25-12-2003 02:03									#25
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Have a reliable voter ID/national ID system (good for all sorts of things, like reducing voter fraud) and tax thoses who fail to vote to pay for election costs.

	25-12-2003 02:23									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola Have a reliable voter ID/national ID system (good for all sorts of things, like reducing voter fraud) and tax thoses who fail to vote to pay for election costs.

u lefties are hilarious. no inane, silly or superfluous invasion of freedom is ever out of bounds.

	25-12-2003 02:41									#27
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Put a subliminal message to vote in the Paris Hilton tv show.

	25-12-2003 02:43									#28
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quote: Originally posted by yavoon u lefties are hilarious. no inane, silly or superfluous invasion of freedom is ever out of bounds.

lol pwnd!!!11!!

	25-12-2003 02:53									#29
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A small tax cut for voters who show? Nothing extreme, but just enough that it'd be worthwhile?

But really, do we want people who don't care actually voting?

	25-12-2003 03:52									#30
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Since its the same people who don't vote in every election we simply excute all those who don't vote and then we would have 100% turn out. Puls the added advantage of getting rid of all those idiots.