Voting for dollars?

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vincejr — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 09:52:20 GMT

Another potential problem would be with the confidentiality of the voting process. They would have to set up a system to go off of the voting rolls and not use the actual ballots.Otherwise, I think that this may be an interesting twist on getting out the vote.

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CASH Only — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:49:18 GMT

I see a potential problem with this idea:You need be just 18 to vote, but 21 for buying AZ lottery tickets.

Voting for dollars?

Lottery Post — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:46:19 GMT

Doing your civic duty could become much more lucrative under an initiative filed Wednesday that seeks to turn Arizona elections into a statewide game of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The initiative, filed by former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Osterloh of Tucson, would reward one lucky voter with $1 million from the State Lottery every two years. We're rewarding patriotism, said Osterloh, who's aiming for the November 2004 ballot. The idea behind this is to increase voter participat... [ More ]