If freedom is the citizen’s right to vote for leaders, then the cost of freedom last year in central Ohio was about $40 per voter, on average. The total cost to taxpayers for elections in Franklin and its six adjacent counties was about $13.8 million in 2013. With 333,461 votes cast, that equates to about $40 per vote.
Freedom To Cast A Ballot Comes With A Price
The Columbus Dispatch Local and State News, Columbus Dispatch
Sat, 10/25/2014 - 7:39pm
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