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Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006) by pjc50 on Thursday May 22, 2014 @04:50AM (#7782794)
banning advertisement for bills except for public notices

I'd like to see how banning discussion of bills goes down with the First Amendment, or how you intend to distinguish between "ads" and "discussion".

Also, voter turnout for this kind of thing is going to be terrible, like the Police and Crime Commissioner fiasco: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20344900

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Re:We lost the war. Welcome to the world of tomorrow (2006) by david927 on Thursday May 22, 2014 @04:57AM (#7782809)
You can discuss it; you just can't pay to advertise on media. Other countries have exactly those restrictions.

Voter turnout is the point: If you never get more than 25% voting then you have exactly the same system you have now. (Again, that's the threshold where it overrides the elected representative.)

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