Based on the current trends , 50 % 70 % of them probably didn ' t vote this year . <| sep |> Thanks for the tips I ' ll take a look at the settings and ensure it is on auto ! <| sep |> To simplify vouchers greatly , let ' s say it costs the local school district $ 10 , 000 per year to educate a student . Vouchers allow a parent to apply that money toward tuition at a private school . Just for clarity , it is usually a fraction of the $ 10 k perhaps $ 5 k . So it ' s an interesting set of consequences . On the financial side , if it causes more students to choose private school , the public school district ends up with more funding per student . This has to be traded off against removing the financially better off from the district . Is it better to have $ 10 k per student , or $ 11 k per student with most of the upper middle class students gone ?