Voting Plus Lottery Equals Voter Turnout?

Posted by michael on Thursday October 21, 2004 @04:10AM from the you-never-know dept.

qmark_is_mysterious writes "Fortune magazine has a interesting article on how it could be possible to increase voter turnout to 100% by making your vote an entry to a national lottery. By offering a prizes of up to $10 million dollars it's hoped that many people who feel disenfranchised will be motivated to go vote and express their opinion. A group in Arizona is trying to get an initiative on the 2006 ballot to get this implemented in that state. Do you think offering cash prizes will make elections more popular and effective?"

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Interesting stuff by BaldGhoti · 2004-10-21 04:12 · Score: 4, Funny

This is like the opposite of a poll tax, which was declared unconstitutional (IIRC).

I am, however, looking forward to Joe Schmoe yelling, "I WON THE ELECTION!" when he hits the payoff. :)

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