Topic: Voter Turnout
Ideas We Should Steal
Lower Voting Age to 16
Studies show the sooner people start to vote, the more likely they are to be lifetime voters.
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Barbershop Ballot
Sharp Insight uses barbers to get out the black vote
By Emma Copley Eisenberg
VOTE! Even If You’re Uninformed Or Uninterested
Vote for anyone. Literally, anyone. You’ll be better off for it.
By Stephen St. Vincent
Defibrillating Democracy
What they’re saying about our plan for a $10,000 voter lottery on election day
By Larry Platt
It Pays To Vote
The Citizen's 2015 Philadelphia Municipal Election Voting Lottery will pay one random voter $10,000. Yes, we are that desperate
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal
Compulsory Voting
In Australia, eligible residents are required by law to vote and 90 percent actually do. Imagine Philly with those turnout numbers
By Emma Copley Eisenberg