" gotsta find me a place to keep my beer from floatin away, while I's pick me up one of them there votin tickets"
Posted on 07/18/2006 8:14:23 AM PDT by RogerWilko
While troubled experts worldwide ponder the question of how to persuade more people to vote, the American state of Arizona may have discovered an answer. How does a million dollars sound? That is the sum that one Arizona voter, chosen at random, would receive in every general election under a proposal suggested by Mark Osterloh, a former Democratic candidate for governor.
Now that Mr Osterloh has collected more than 122,000 signatures in support of the idea, voters will automatically have the chance to accept or reject it in November's mid-term elections.
The Arizona Voter Reward Act - for which Mr Osterloh has been campaigning using the slogan "Who wants to be a millionaire? Vote!" - would be funded mainly by unclaimed lottery prizes. But there could be private donations, he says, so that, for example, a local car dealership could offer a free car to one lucky voter. The chances of winning would be far better than the lottery: around two million Arizonans voted in the 2004 general election, whereas the chances of winning the jackpot in the state's Powerball lottery is one in 146 million.
Voter behaviour has long intrigued political scientists, since at first glance it does not appear to be strictly rational: the possibility of one's vote making a difference to the outcome of any major election is so small that going to the polls does not represent a good use of one's time from a selfish point of view.
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Naturally, it's from a DUmbocrat! EXCELLENT way to attract the "GIMME, GIMME, GIMME" crowd!
What a CROCK O' CRAP!!
He must be a democrat.
Precisely. What type of people would be motivated to vote and which party will they be voting for...
Quite the contrast to when you had to own property to vote........
Sounds like a great way to boost numbers of people willing to commit fraud.
This is a great way to increase the voting of the inner-city folks. It has been shown that the biggest percentage of people who buy lottery tickets are inner-city people. Tht's why lotteries really end up being a tax on poor people. Unfortunately, his idea will probably work, and increase the voting of people who are totally uninformed. Sigh.
That's the way it should be! Why the hell should people who get to TAKE property owners tax dollars, get to decide how to spend the money that's not even theirs!?
Ohh, That's right... It wouldn't be FAIR not to allow everyone to vote! I KNEW there was a reason!
Okay Republicans, how ya gonna out pander this? Inquiring minds would like to know.
All those poor masses that are flooding across our borders are going to vote for you because?
Precisely the reason why our leaders should have their heds examined.
And who wants everyone to vote? I sure don't. If a person hasn't a firm gasp on the issues, they should stay home on election day.
Only a democrat would come up with an idea like this...
"Okay Republicans, how ya gonna out pander this? Inquiring minds would like to know."
Free case of Colt 45 for anyone who hands over a blank, unused, absentee ballet?
I've got an even better idea. How about we hold a $5 million dollar lottery for those who can prove they didn't vote.
Now there's a winner.
Conservative will vote, and leftists will be looking for that big pay-day.
Who wants to be a millionaire?
your right and notice can't even be original
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Hey, look...behind that curtain, (not the one in the voting booth, the other one)...is that ICE I see?
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I think you may be on to something there. Check out my number 11.
" gotsta find me a place to keep my beer from floatin away, while I's pick me up one of them there votin tickets"
I wonder how they are going to get around that?
Will voting more than once increase your odds?
This is a crock.
To counter this, a Republican could say that one lucky voter would be exempt from state taxes for a year. This would be perfect for our cause. The people that pay the most taxes would be the ones that would benefit the most, and all the scum living on government programs pay no taxes so would have no reason to vote.
He looks like that loud barber in "Coming to America".
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