[EL] Voter turnout

[Bill Maurer]

This may be a dumb question, and I am perfectly willing to admit that I know less than nothing about this topic, but wouldn't there be 13th Amendment problems with compulsory voting?  Can the government force someone to take affirmative action not involving the paying of taxes?

Bill

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Hasen
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Subject: Re: [EL] Voter turnout

Compulsory voting?
On 4/9/14, 9:30 PM, Larry Levine wrote:
I have been appointed as a member of the Los Angeles City Advisory Commission on Political Reform. I am a member of the sub-committee on research. The main charge of the commission is to look into actions that might increase turnout in municipal elections. Can anyone on the list provide some recent research on this subject? Nothing is off limits - change of election dates, consolidation with other elections, early voting, expanded number of voting dates, etc.
Thanks,
Larry




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