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accomplish that. never should have been fought in the 1st place. who is the aggressor today? i'm authorizing the additional strong sanctions. today. russia is the country with the most sanctions imposed against it. a number that's constantly growing. i think you chose williams to call soon as he speak on the bill in your senior, mostly mine or wish you were banding all imports of russian oil and gas news. i know they plenty of those with the, with regard to joe, by imposing these sanctions on russia has destroyed the american economy. so there's your boomerang. huh. in rec center. and i'm here to plead with you, whatever you do,

you do not watch my new show. seriously. why watch something that's so different. my little opinions that you won't get anywhere else. work of it please. if you have the state department, the cia weapons makers, multi $1000000000.00 corporations, choose your facts for you. go ahead, i change and whatever you do. don't watch my show, stay main street because i'm probably gonna make you uncomfortable. my show is called direct impact, but again, you probably don't want to watch it because it might just change dwayne thing. the free and fair elections are the cornerstone of democracy, giving citizens a voice in their government in the most fundamental way. but our elections today truly free and fair, or how they evolved into a game of money politics as parties grow increasingly devices. i'm christy,

you're watching the cost of everything where today we're going to be taking a look at election. how much does the cost or countries to host election? what is all the money spent on and are they truly free and fair? ah, the political spending in the us 2020 election total 14.4 $1000000000.00, which is more than double the total cost of the previous record breaking 2016 election cycle. so where does all that money go? well, over half of it goes to media and advertising on television, radio news, outlets, web as and social media about 15 percent of that goes towards fundraising efforts to bring in more donors and sponsors. 20 percent then goes towards administrative costs and salaries for the campaign. managers and consultants. and the last 12

percent goes towards the campaign expenses such as consulting event surveys. so in 2020, there was a total of $8500000000.00 spent on over $9300000.00 tv as radio and digital media. now, one can argue that this chunk of money was completely wasted as the us easily outspend every other country in the world. but without producing an election, that is in any way more fair or free a lot of spending, but very little substance as the exceptional amount of time and money does not produce an engaging democratic process. the u. s. rank near the bottom in terms of voter participation when compared with others developed nations. now in comparison, india's last general election cost $7000000000.00 with most of the budget going towards social media as and travel. now when the relative population of both countries are taken into account 300000000 in the u. s. versus $1300000000.00 and

india, the per capita spending is way out of line with that of the world's largest democracy . now, in germany, campaigns only last 6 weeks, so while there is no limit on campaign contributions, there simply isn't enough time to run up a huge bill. parties are given air time on to public television networks and usually makes just 190. second, add to convey their message during those slots. meanwhile, in the u. k. elections bending is strictly limited, and each party cannot spend more than $30000000.00 pounds in the year before the election. now in the u. s, a big portion of this, outragious budget comes from dark money, which is contributions from donors that remain hidden from the public. the amount of dark money of the us spends in an off year was almost $3.00 times as much as the $30000000.00 pounds great britain spent. and far more let's bring in professor

charo torres, spell a c author and law professor as t as in law. so 1st, stop, how do you as election, campaign spend their money? so there are 2 ways of thinking about the cost of elections. one is the cost to administer elections, and estimated to be about $2000000000.00 for a general election and the united states. cost of the federal action was over $14000000000.00 and why our elections so expensive and efficient and which countries have a better model. the united states has expensive election administration because we have so many different entities that are administering elections. so we have a level of federal oversight which is actually quite small. most of election administration

is administered at a hyper local level. so one way to think of the american election is that it's not just one election. it's really 10000 different elections running simultaneously. now i looks like there's been a decline and voter turnout in the us. what caused this and why are some voter turnout so much higher in other countries like singapore, with 95 percent turn out. so voter turnout was actually up in 2020. that was a very unique election. one of the things that res, turn out in the 2020 election is states rely voting rules to accommodate voters during the pandemic. but what states have done in the last 2 years is many of the same states that relaxed their rules in 2020 of tighten them again. now we saw an

unprecedented level of political ad spending in 2020. do you think this was an effective use of funds and does it set a precedent for future campaigns going forward? so in the area of campaign finance, nearly action has been more expensive than the previous presidential action. and we definitely saw that pattern in 2020, which was the most expensive federal election the united states has ever seen. so the trend of american elections costing more and more in terms of campaign finance is a trend that's continuing. it's hard to know how you measure efficiency in this context. i mean, you could look at the amount of money that is spent per vote. and the, the candidates, you end up spending the most per voter are the vanity

candidates. so for example, when connie west ran for president in 2020, he had one of the highest costs per voter because very few people ended up voting for him, even though he and his team that spent millions of dollars. but it's difficult to think of elections in terms of that type of efficiency because there are other values at stake including democratic values. so one of the reasons that we have such high spending in us elections is our supreme court thinks of money equalling speech. and under our 1st amendment, the supreme court has been unwilling to regulate, in a very serious way the, the expenditures that are made in our elections. and not all elections are fair. there are many cases of electoral fraud. voters suppression unbalanced campaign

finance rules and invalid access to media in what country or countries do we see the most of that? so one of the, i think really pernicious myths that persists about american elections, which was perpetuated by ex president trump while he was president, is that there's ramp and voter fraud. this is a myth. and unfortunately millions of his followers believe the smith on. and so for example, after the 2020 election, there were only over 60 law suits that challenge boats and swing states in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. and the accusation was often that there was voter fraud. but in these court cases, they could not prove any voter fraud and voter fraud in reality is

a really rare occurrence. you know, every now and then you will get someone who's not qualified to vote voting. and occasionally you get some knuckleheads somewhere who tries to vote twice the people who try to vote twice. and people who vote when they are not qualified, usually get caught after the fact and prosecuted. but those prosecutions are more rare than being struck by lightning. so it's not a real problem in the united states, but the rhetoric around it would lead many americans to believe it is. and what exactly constitutes as voter fraud? well, so for example, in my state in florida, and we are very strict rules on ex felons getting their voting rights back. and so if you are an ex felon, and you haven't done all of the steps to get your voting rights restored,

and you vote than that's any legal vote. and so that is one of the examples of what could be prosecuted after the fact. but if someone votes when they're not allowed to vote, and then again, there have been examples here in florida. there's this place called the villages. it's very conservative. and a number of individuals in the villages were prosecuted for voting twice. and that is the type of voter fraud we get, but that was essentially 3 individuals in the villages getting caught doing that out of millions of votes in the state of florida. thank you so much, professor char, taurus, spell a see for your time today. now what about african election, how much does it cost to run an election and some of the african nation and is the

cost higher? we'll have more after the break. ah ah, need to come to the russian state. little never the tires on the nose landscape div asking him then i'll send them up for a group in the 55 when. okay, so mine is to final speed anyone else with will ban in the european union? the kremlin. ca, yep. machine. restate on russia for date and square r t spoke neck. even our video agency, roughly all band to on youtube with

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military conflict and ukraine, our casualties of it as long as we want the war to continue. we will fight that more using ukrainians as proxies and we will fight it to the last ukrainian death. that's what's happened in dumbass. this whole time, this is, these aren't objects, these are people. and so that's why i do what i do. that's why i'm here. i look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except we're so shorter to conflict with the 1st law. show your identification. we should be very careful about official intelligence. and the point obviously is to place trust or rather than fear i would like to take on various

jobs with artificial intelligence, real so many with a robot most research this phone existence with ah, welcome back. african electrons are also remarkably expensive to run. and yet they are very contested between 202018. it is estimated that africa spent approximately $44000000000.00 on holding elections. countries in africa spend on average $4.50 per capita on their elections compared to the world average of $2.10 per person. now, while the u. s. is cost is high due to ramp and spending on ads and no limits from campaigned owners. africa elections are expensive for a very different reason. lack of trust. the cost of running elections in africa has

been pushed up by low levels of trust in the electoral process to manage miss trust . some have turn to foreign companies to print out balance with expensive security features like those used on bank notes. others have procured costly electronic voting machines to minimize fraud, setting the taxpayer back. but unfortunately, the votes were still contested. kenya's 2022 election, for instance, cost the state $370000000.00 to run, yet was still contested at the supreme court with the losing candidate alleging criminality. the countries, previous election in 2017 cost $500000000.00 and saw the presidential result nullify due to quote serious irregularities. so while countries in africa started opening up to democracy 3 decades ago, the region is still characterized by weak institutions, manipulation of electoral law. and serious limitations of civil and political

rights. all of that contributes to low level of trust in a fair and free election of voters and candidates do not believe in the institutions, processes and structures behind an election. then there is little that a new high tech, innovative bono machines that can do to help. and for more or less bring in reginald strasser, king journalist and senior producer at sierra early on broadcasting corporation. so reginald, what is the cost of elections and other countries and how does that compare with that of the us? why do you see in our system what we do? these are to be out of general elections, which include the presidential election on a mentor elections. the local council elections and so is a combined connections for all of the representatives. and then in for you, in our last general election presentation of generations. cost of

$28000000.00 an average of $20000000.00 and done the government the. busy government contribution was about a $1000000.00 and the rescue from the international community here. and you see that kind of murder. i don't know whether you guys, because you're sampling in america as compared to austin's value when you are, we are class of these lectures rather than having a single presidential election at one time. now how our elections run in other countries to keep on getting days off and what kind of laws i they're surrounding election days. let me rephrase my answer to that phrase too that our election system is governed by the 1st before the constitution. and then the various, the turing,

all of these he was up to the commissioner for i knew which superintendents or supervisors, the nation which overseas, the nations now coming to representation, we are going to cut a what 10 of them are candidates for the dimensions for the presidential problem mentee us, one of the counselors and regional believe, and electra electra electra, and to teach all what he's going to have a good teacher. she come from religious groups all from tribe. no, we don't believe that, but we believe in holly of his education is based on a membership to a party or somebody be good. read you out the story, probably in the us. you all the republicans in the devil course and then on to say

a 1000000000 can on the last time she brought to reach linda, what happened to earth, but here we am all the tang political parties, but this 2 strongest, ah, the other because got rid of the abc under the s and p o box with decided it was part. these are the 2 strongest projects here. of course, recent times have been challenged by a peer to see like a and all the rest of it. but let me be kind of saying goes loose proxy fed on student godson that ah, seems to be suffering from a resolution. and now there is a swelling we're calling to prohibit machine loading and machine counting ballots

and feature elections. and instead revert back to hands counting. what do you make of these concerns and either valid? well, i leo and the lectures permission is supervisor hazardous one's ability of supervising the lectures. and we have lectures, observers ah, form from the into the. busy from i can look a little as well as in the international community as well. remember, i told you that we are on our do not know, like on the open the, you know, the british government to the american government. you know, the did all said electro represent electro observe. united nation is this an electron zach to see, to monitor the lectures. but again, on whether these electrons are monitored through the day when it auto renew, that's up to the last continent. the declaration of the reserves that yeah,

that's rather from civil, it's a finish. but then, and sometimes you are poor to lecture disagree. the ha, i'm damn one of those will actually does a sacrifice. a lot of your bags and leave the i believe, bob, if it's so in class, we'll decide to take the bottle to the court for a legal room. if be cut off because of one reason you know that and so mom back to live these renewals are, it's invariably ameson balance. but today, i guess that town, that mindset of the change and elections have gone more and more polarized and recent years. it was very evident. and the reason you s election and is also now

the brazilian election. why hasn't gone so polarized and contentious? well, i didn't, well, i'm rude home this general world just because i will watch the emergency drama drama and bush wrote in on sunday. and then you got the judge rhodes i was just gotten on was really a supportive. yeah. even the job with a republican supporters just, i don't think we're going to go to look good. thank you so much. reginald strasser, king journalist and senior producer at sierra leon broadcasting corporation for coming on today. it's easy to see who wins and inexpensive election cycle. the

party with the bigger check as big money and super packs dominate the u. s. political campaigns. it stars to drown out the voices of ordinary americans. in a democracy, politicians are expected to represent each person equally, regardless of their financial status. the principle of one person, one vote means that no matter who we are regardless of education, housing, or financial status that they will be heard. however, money and politics complicates this idealistic system. when organizations donate a large contribution to the campaigns, that politician is more inclined to be responsive to that organizations means. now this puts the voices of every day citizens at a disadvantage. the same is true in africa where money talks, but citizens are aware of this unfair disadvantage and they do not trust the body system. increasingly, economic and political inequalities are interlaced,

leaving many americans poor and voiceless. the u. s. now has some of the lowest rates of upward mobility in any developed country in the world. so while the us as a self appointed champion of democracy, maybe it is time for it to learn from other countries on how to run a truly free and fair election. solutions would include tighter limits on contributions candidates can directly receive greater transparency of who pays for political ads and disclosing all donors and stopping the flow of dark money. i'm christy, i. thanks for watching. and we'll see right back here, next time on the cost of everything i owe. nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities and other countries. the united states of america is

different. wearable people long to be free. they will find a friend in the united states. ah, we get with you little bit about it evolved to anybody basie, since only city and draw you look at the insidious of each cigarettes. p color revolutions is one among several meetings to reach the goal of conquering foreign lands and bringing them onto the help of u. s. weston, economic interests. people been sad. it, i did that he did what i go by the democrats. yeah. yeah. when trinity coral are sol, suite, best say low, their soft power america. and the final goal of these thing revolutions is to ensure that there are no independent players in the world anymore.

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