Rule #2: pay the army.
Rule #3: Give the Army a defined objective, and let them achieve it!
Rule #1 ;-)
Matter of fact we had 10 days of pre-voting here
The library was made into the voting center for these 10 days
There were lines of non-producers wrapped around the library for all 10 days
It was like a social occasion to run into new and old friends and family
You had to wait an hour or two to vote
On the real election day I breezed in and out in five minutes