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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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    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, LMU's Loyola Law School in Los Angeles

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