vorticity Wrote:Of course, one could say that not voting is a form of political expression. I suppose instead of a fine, we could call it a "democracy fee". Calling random things fees is what California does best (for example, state residents pay no tuition to state universities -- just thousands of dollars in "fees" annually).Fun fact: State universities generally don't actually keep tuition paid to them, it goes to the state, which then gives the university the amount of funding that had been budgeted. The universities do however keep money paid as fees for themselves, so...
(in MA, at least, but I imagine it is similar based on what you stated.)
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