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why do you decide all sanctions, your sanction country, your sanction gruesome because you want to change the behavior of this government was gruesome was that hasn't happened a sanction testing function for 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 had they evolved into a game of money politics as parties grow increasingly divisive. i'm christy, and you're watching the cost of everything where today we're going to be taking a look at election. how much does it cost or countries to host election? what is all the money spent on and are they truly free and fair? ah,

political spending in the us 2020 election total 14400000000 dollars, 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 ads 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 for the campaign expenses such as consulting event surveys. so in 2020, there was a total of $8500000000.00 spent on over $9300000.00 tv ad radio and digital media. now,

one can argue that this chunk of money was completely wasted as the u. s. 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 in engaging democratic process. the u. s. ranks 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 project 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 192nd ad to convey their message during those slots. meanwhile, in the u. k. election spending is strictly limited and each party cannot spend more than $30000000.00 pounds in the year before the election. now in the us, a big portion of this outrageous budget comes from dark money, which is contributions from donors that remain hidden from the public. the amount of dark money 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 char torres, spell as the author and law professor as dust and law. so 1st off, how do you as election, campaign spend their money? so there are $2.00 ways of thinking about the cost of elections. one is the cost to

administer elections. 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 is 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 it looks like there's been a decline in load or turn out in the us. what caused this and why are some voter turnout so much higher in other countries like singapore, with 95 percent out. so voter turnout was actually up in 2020. that was a very unique election. one of the things that res turned out in the 2020 election is states to 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 had 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 ramping 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 in 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 an illegal vote. and so that is one of the examples of what could be prosecuted after the fact i, 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 frog 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, a taurus spell a see for your time today. now what about african elections? 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

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the ah, ah, welcome back. african elections are also remarkably expensive to run and yet they are very contested. between $22018.00, 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 us. c cost is high due to ramp and spending on ads and no limits from campaign donors. 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 turned to foreign companies to print out balance with expenses, 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 country's previous election in 2017 cost $500000000.00 and saw the presidential results nullified 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. and 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 moni machines that can do to help. and for more or less bring in reginald strasser, king journalist and senior producer at sierra leon broadcasting corporation. so rent an old one 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're doing, these are to be, you know, a mentor. you mentioned the local council elections. and so it's a combined connections for all of the representatives. and then in for you and i would love to know the next presentation of generations. cost of. busy $28000000.00 an hour and half a $1000000.00 on the government. the government contribution was about

$11000000.00 of the risk in the international community. and you see that kind of murder? i didn't know whether you guys, because you're saying in america as to australia, really, you know, plus all these lectures rather than having a single presidential election. what top now, how i like has run in other countries to keep on getting days off and what kind of laws are there surrounding election days? let me rephrase my answer to that question that our nurtured system is governed by the 1st before the constitution. and then the various roles and these he was out to the truck commissioner for i knew which superintendents

or supervisors, the nation which overseas the missions now coming to representation we are going to cut all over 10 of them. the candidates for. busy the elections for the presidential, for the men 3, as well as the local classes and read, do not believe in electra. electra. electra guarantees and to teach all what he's going to representative. she come from religious groups all. busy from tribe, no, we don't believe that. but believe in how the media positions based on the membership drug project or somebody be getting ready, you are destroying probably in the us. you all the reporter can send a demo purse and then on to say a 1000000000 can on the last that she brought to reach linda, what happened to work? but here are really am all the tang. but if you go pass by this to

strongest, ah, the articles got rid of the abc under the s and p o box with decided to push part. these added to for this project here. of course, in recent times have been challenged by a peer to see like m b, m and all the rest of it. but they're going to be the same goes both parties, fed australia, godson that should be suffering from resurrection. and now there is this growing, we're calling to prohibit machine voting and machine counting ballots and feature elections. and instead revert back to hands counting. what do you make of these concerns and are they valid?

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then, and sometimes you on post the lecture disagree. yeah. and then one of those solution is does a sacrifice and the observance of the bags and leave the and if possible, 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 of these, you know that and some are back to live these renewals are, it's invariably dancing balance. but today, i guess that's on that mindset of the change and elections have gone more and more polarized and recent years. it was very evident in the recent us election and is also now the brazilian election. why hasn't gone so polarized and contentious?

well i guess focus, i didn't, well the world addressed it because i'm going to watch the american stream to jump in and both on on sundays and then the 6 rounds of the copying on what our supporters baby johnson is very, very supportive in general. i don't think we're going to go to thank you so much, reginald strauser 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 a bigger check, as big money and super packs dominate the u. s. political campaigns. it starts 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. 7 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 bullying 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 you right back here next time on the cost of everything in government house being killing its own people and on boss ideas. it's amazing. this is not to be covered in western media and hasn't been covered for the last 8 years. i'm here for 5 minutes and then i'm told the 1st 5 people

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