“What are they paid? It's $1,200 for the whole thing. Where do you get that money from? We raised it ourselves from individual donors.”

Freakonomics Radio · 694. Does Democracy Really Need Elections?

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paid each volunteer $1,200 for participation, funded from individual donors

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