Posted on 10/28/2015 5:54:47 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Philadelphia residents: If you trouble yourselves to vote Nov. 3, you might win $10,000.
Seriously.
That was the scheme laid out Thursday, showcased in part by two ex-rivals - former Mayor John F. Street and three-time Republican mayoral candidate Sam Katz, whom Democrat Street twice defeated. They teamed up to promote voting in a city that has seen abysmal turnouts in recent years.
"Desperate times require desperate measures, and this is certainly the case," Katz said at a LOVE Park event announcing what promoters billed as a lottery
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Sounds like vote-buying and those two clowns should spend some quality time in prison.
Amazing the lengths the political class will go to prop up their sham election system.
I wonder if you will need a photo ID to collect the money?
People shouldn’t be bribed to perform their civic duty.
Yet these same politicians will always claim they have no money.
So, the traditional Philly 110% ward turnout is abysmal? What should we expect next year?
Paying Philadelphia illiterates and unwashed is a very bad idea. You don’t want them to vote because their vote negates those of concerned citizens who want change.
Otherwise, we should sign up every inmate in our insane asylums and get them to put an X on the Democrat line.
Oh, they already do that? Sorry!
Someone should promote the idea of a $500 poll tax and make the prize $1,000,000.
“abysmal turnouts” is the only way John Street could have ever been elected....
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