Articles, notes, and symposia pieces published in CLR’s print volumes.
Print Edition
Pay the Voter: A Legal, Economic, and Policy Analysis of Financially Incentivizing Political Participation
This Note explores the idea of paying Americans to cast their ballots as a mechanism to increase electoral participation among lower income voters and rebalance the influence that wealthy Americans have on policy outcomes. The Note begins by exploring the rationale behind the idea, drawing on political science, economic, and legal literature to argue that subsidizing the franchise could help rebalance elected officials’ perception of the “median voter” away from the wealthy.