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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Los Angeles Is a Democracy: Why Do So Few People Care?

    If low voter turnout is a disaster, it's time to declare an emergency in the City of LA. Yesterday — in City Council and School Board districts containing hundreds of thousands of people -- some candidates won office with totals of five or 6000 votes. Is it time to pay the poor if they go to the polls and fine the rich if they don't?

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    By Warren Olney • Mar 4, 2015 • 1 min read

    If low voter turnout is a disaster, it's time to declare an emergency in the City of LA. Yesterday — in City Council and School Board districts containing hundreds of thousands of people -- some candidates won office with totals of five or 6000 votes. Is it time to pay the poor if they go to the polls and fine the rich if they don't? Should you be able to vote on your phone?

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    Who Is Making All the Decisions in LA Elections?
    1. 0:24Los Angeles Is a Democracy: Why Do So Few People Care?You’re reading this
    2. 16:56Telling the Story of the Cowboys of Compton
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Alice Walton

      Los Angeles Times

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      Joe Mathews

      Host, "Zocalo's Connecting California"

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      Jessica Levinson

      Professor, Loyola Law School

      News

    The full episode

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    Who Is Making All the Decisions in LA Elections?
    1. 0:24Los Angeles Is a Democracy: Why Do So Few People Care?You’re reading this
    2. 16:56Telling the Story of the Cowboys of Compton
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