“Low electoral costs, approximately $1 to $3 per elector, tend to manifest in countries with longer electoral experience”
. In Italy where they are still paper based they have to hire people to count the ballots (and they have to pay them a lot, given that they select people at random and you’re not allowed to refuse unless you are ill or something
That’s a somewhat confusing comment. If they’re effectively conscripted (them not being allowed to refuse), not really “hired”—that would imply they don’t need to be paid a lot...
Is that that little? I think many fewer people would vote if they had to pay $3 out of their own pocket in order to do so.
If they’re effectively conscripted (them not being allowed to refuse), not really “hired”—that would imply they don’t need to be paid a lot...
A law compelling people to do stuff would be very unpopular, unless they get adequate compensation. Not paying them much would just mean they would feign illness or something. (If they didn’t select people by lot, the people doing that would be the ones applying for that job, who would presumably like it more than the rest of the population and hence be willing to do that for less.)
http://aceproject.org/ace-en/focus/core/crb/crb03
“Low electoral costs, approximately $1 to $3 per elector, tend to manifest in countries with longer electoral experience”
That’s a somewhat confusing comment. If they’re effectively conscripted (them not being allowed to refuse), not really “hired”—that would imply they don’t need to be paid a lot...
Is that that little? I think many fewer people would vote if they had to pay $3 out of their own pocket in order to do so.
A law compelling people to do stuff would be very unpopular, unless they get adequate compensation. Not paying them much would just mean they would feign illness or something. (If they didn’t select people by lot, the people doing that would be the ones applying for that job, who would presumably like it more than the rest of the population and hence be willing to do that for less.)
Well perhaps fewer people would vote if they had to pay a single cent out of their own pocket—would that mean that 0.01$ isn’t little either?
How much are these Italian ballot-counters being paid? Can we quantify this?
IIRC, something like €150 per election. I’ll look for the actual figure.